As more pumps run dry, NC officials plead with drivers not to gas up unless necessary
Story Date: 5/13/2021

 

Source: Adam Owens, WRAL, 5/12/21
 
Panicky drivers waited in lines at gas stations across the region for a second day on Wednesday, trying to fill their tanks with a limited supply of gas as a major interstate pipeline remained offline.  The Colonial Pipeline, which supplies about 40 percent of the gas for the East Coast and nearly all of the supply for eastern North Carolina, has been shut down since last weekend following a cyberattack. Company officials said Wednesday evening that they have restarted operations, and they expect the supply chain will return to normal in "several days."

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