‘Total chaos’: Monkey blamed for nationwide power cut in Sri Lanka

<p>Energy minister says monkey ‘came into contact with grid transformer’, causing hours-long outage in sweltering heat</p><p>A countrywide power outage in Sri Lanka has been blamed on a monkey that clambered into a power station south of Colombo.</p><p>The blackout, which began around midday on Sunday, left many people sweltering in temperatures exceeding 30C (86F).</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/10/total-chaos-monkey-blamed-for-nationwide-power-cut-in-sri-lanka">Continue reading...</a>