Total blackout in Nigeria as the national grid with many people thrown into darkness on WednesdayThe Abuja Electricity ...

No more monkeys jumping on the power grid! A countrywide power outage that left many stuck without cool air during a ...

The national grid experienced another system collapse, throwing many Nigerians into darkness. Our correspondent reports that ...

(Credit: Robert Lawton) In the most simple terms, a grid blackout (‘power outage’) occurs when one or more grid parameters venture outside of safe operating limits, causing protections to engage.

In response to this, the grid operators in California have instituted limited rolling blackouts as electricity demand ramps up. This isn’t California’s first run-in with elective blackouts ...

At around 11:30am local time on Sunday, a rogue group of monkeys jumped into the Panadura Power Station in Sri Lanka, with ...

Officials in Sri Lanka said a monkey in the wrong place at the wrong time was to blame for a power blackout that affected the ...

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), ...

Sri Lanka has grappled with a struggling energy grid for years, and monkeys are making it worse. On Sunday at around 11:00 ...

An intruding monkey at a Sri Lankan electrical grid sub-station caused a general island-wide blackout on Sunday, government officials said.