Sri Lanka Scrambles to Restore Power

Sri Lanka scrambles to restore power after monkey causes islandwide outage
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 disrupted supply to the island's 22 million people.
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Electrical grids are built to resist human interference and natural disasters. But turns out, Sri Lanka's power grid wasn't ready for what this little monkey had in store for it.
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Sri Lanka faced a significant statewide power outage caused by a monkey entering a substation. The disruption lasted several hours, impacting millions and prioritizing critical facilities. Authorities cautioned potential ongoing power cuts due to a resulting plant breakdown,
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