The dry season in the North of Thailand typically runs from the end of October until May and waterfalls across the region are generally reduced to a trickle by the end of it. A lack of heavy rain during the last rainy season has resulted in what provincial authorities say is the worst drought in the past decade.
The landmark Huay Kaew Waterfall plus Mon Tha Than, Sai Yoi and Wang Bua Ban are the cascades with no water. Park authorities have said they might build dams on the streams that feed the four cascades in order to make them run artificially.
They also say they are exploring the possibly of raising humidity in specific locations in the national park. Local authorities in the north typically try to make their own rain by using aeroplanes to seed clouds at this time of year but have had no success so far during the current campaign.
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Long dry spell leaves Chiang Mai waterfalls dry
News in Asia
A prolonged lack of rain has left waterfalls in a national park in Thailand’s Chiang Mai Province dry. The four waterfalls affected by the ongoing drought are in Doi Suthep Pui National Park and rangers say they are currently bone dry.