Gasoline shortages continue to plague much of the East Coast, leaving a majority of the stations in Washington, D.C., out of fuel.
Supplies at thousands of gas stations in dozens of Southern states were drained after a cyberattack forced a shutdown of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline earlier this month. The vital pipeline, operated by Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline, delivers about 45% of the fuel consumed on the East Coast.
As of Sunday evening, about 12,466 stations had run empty, according to GasBuddy analyst Patrick De Haan.
In his latest update around 8 p.m. CT, De Haan said nearly 90% of the gas stations in the nation’s capital were running dry. Over the weekend, the number of gas stations suffering from the outages fluctuated between 69% to 88%, according to De Haan’s data posted on Twitter.
Gas outages by state, 8pm CT, chg since last update:
AL 8% N/C
DC 88% +19%
DE 2% N/C
FL 19% N/C
GA 43% +1%
KY 2% N/C
LA 0% N/C
MD 29% N/C
TOTAL 12,466 stns without gas
MS 6% N/C
NC 58% N/C
NJ 1% N/C
SC 50% +2%
TN 27% N/C
TX 0% N/C
VA 33% -1%
WV 6% N/C+— Patrick De Haan ⛽️📊 (@GasBuddyGuy) May 17, 2021
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/dc-gas-outages-colonial-pipeline
h/t Goneviral