Sri Lanka faced a significant statewide power outage caused by a monkey entering a substation. The disruption lasted several hours, impacting millions and prioritizing critical facilities.

Sri Lanka has grappled with a struggling energy grid for years, and monkeys are making it worse. On Sunday at around 11:00 local time (12:30 AM EST), a nationwide blackout forced its 22 million ...

No more monkeys jumping on the power grid! A countrywide power outage that left many stuck without cool air during a ...

At approximately 11:30am local time yesterday, a rogue group of monkeys jumped into Panadura Power Station, Sri Lanka, when one of them landed on the transmission line, causing the outage.

TL;DR: Sri Lanka's energy minister confirmed a nationwide power outage affecting 22 million people was caused by a monkey interacting with a grid transformer, leading to an imbalance. Sir Lanka's ...