Power has been fully restored after several regions across Malaysia suffered severe blackouts yesterday, plunging hotels, airports and other buildings into darkness and disrupting traffic, authorities said.

The power outage, which began early on Monday morning, hit the northern states of Perlis, Perak, Kelantan, Kedah, including the island resort of Langkawi as well as Penang, president and chief executive officer of the national power firm Tenaga Pian Sukro said.