Sri Lanka’s ‘Monkey Blackout’ makes International Headlines

Sri Lanka made international headlines yesterday (February 9) after an unexpected culprit-a monkey-allegedly caused a nationwide blackout, plunging the entire country into darkness.

The island-wide power failure occurred around 11:30 AM (0600 GMT) when the primate intruded into an electrical grid sub-station, disrupting the system. Energy Minister confirmed that the incident, which was initially thought to be a technical failure, was in fact caused by the monkey.

Authorities worked for nearly 5 to 6 hours to restore electricity, with power gradually returning to different regions. The bizarre nature of the outage has sparked global attention, making the Sri Lankan monkey an unexpected international sensation.