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A nationwide blackout occurs in Sri Lanka.

2025 Sri Lanka blackouts — A nationwide blackout occurs in Sri Lanka. Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody says a monkey triggered the mass power outage after "coming into contact" with a grid transformer at a su

Published February 9, 2025· Updated October 28, 2026·1 min read

Context: 2025 Sri Lanka blackouts.

A nationwide blackout occurs in Sri Lanka. Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody says a monkey triggered the mass power outage after "coming into contact" with a grid transformer at a substation near Colombo. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8d92n28pqjo (BBC News)]

Event summary via Wikipedia Current Events (2025-02-09).