Sri Lanka extended power cuts for a third day on Thursday as it scrambled to restore its national grid to full capacity after a monkey triggered a widespread blackout over the weekend that ...

Officials in Sri Lanka said a power blackout affecting the entire country was caused by a monkey that came in contact with equipment at a station south of Colombo. Photo by pen_ash/Pixabay.com ...

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 ...

Sri Lanka extended power cuts for a third day on Thursday as it scrambled to restore its national grid to full capacity after a monkey triggered a widespread blackout over the weekend that ...

A rogue monkey allegedly sparked a nationwide power outage in Sri Lanka after finding its way into a grid transformer. AFP via Getty Images. The blackout hit around midday Sunday right as ...

A monkey has been blamed for a nationwide power outage in Sri Lanka after a fight between monkey's broke out and a transmission line was impacted.