GERMANTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In Panama, heavy rains can cause widespread flooding and trigger landslides that claim lives, impact thousands, and destroy homes and businesses. Other forms of severe weather, including lightning, high winds and heavy rains, can threaten lives and critical infrastructure. To help provide earlier insight into these devastating events, a new collaboration between U.S. technology firm Earth Networks and the Hydrometeorology Department of Empresa de Transmisión El