Sri Lanka, power outage

What animal knocked out the power grid for all of Sri Lanka?
Over the weekend, residents of Sri Lanka found themselves without power during a heat wave, but it wasn’t because of the oppressive temperatures. The energy minister for the island nation reported that the power outage was initially caused by a monkey when it came into contact with a grid transformer.
Nationwide power outage in Sri Lanka caused by rogue monkey in electrical grid
A countrywide power outage that left many stuck without cool air during a sweltering hot day in Sri Lanka has been blamed on a rogue monkey who climbed into a power station south of the capital Colombo.
‘Rouge’ monkey pulls power prank in Sri Lanka, causing nationwide blackout
Sri Lanka experienced a nationwide power outage on Sunday after a monkey interfered with an electrical grid in a Colombo suburb. The power failure began at approximately 11:00 local time (05:30 GMT),
Monkey blamed for triggering nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka
A monkey has been blamed for triggering a nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka after the animal intruded into a power station...
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Sri Lanka suffers nationwide power outage due to monkey, know what exactly happened
The outage began around 11:30 a.m. local time and persisted for over three hours, with authorities working to restore full service, according to the reports.
Monkey causes Power outage across Sri Lanka, affecting millions
Sri Lanka’s Energy Minister has announced that a monkey, which came into contact with a transformer at a power station in southern Colombo, caused a nationwide power outage in the country. This incident had a significant impact on the 22 million people living across Sri Lanka.
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Fighting monkeys cause nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka
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 residents to either turn to personal generators,
Monkey blamed for nationwide power cut in Sri Lanka
A monkey just caused a nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka, leaving 22 million people in the dark for hours. But how did one monkey manage to trip the power grid?
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