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Nearly 2,000 Gas Stations Out Of Fuel As Panic-Hoarding Hammers Southeast<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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Gas stations from Florida to Virginia ran dry, and prices at the pump skyrocketed late Tuesday, as the hack attack on the biggest U.S. fuel pipeline extends into the fifth day.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday evening, 17 states and Washington, DC declared\u00a0emergency declarations<\/a>\u00a0to address fuel shortages.<\/p>\n

The emergency declaration covers Alabama, Arkansas, D.C., Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.<\/p>\n

The Biden administration projected that the Colonial Pipeline would restart by the weekend and urged drivers not to panic hoard fuel.<\/p>\n

“We are asking people not to hoard,” U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told reporters at the White House. “Things will be back to normal soon.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Colonial has said progress is being made and expects to restart a\u00a0large portion<\/a>\u00a0of the pipeline later this week into the weekend.<\/p>\n

“Markets experiencing supply constraints and\/or not serviced by other fuel delivery systems are being prioritized,” Colonial said in a statement.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Colonial Pipeline<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A ransomware attack on Colonial last Friday underscores the vulnerability of critical U.S. infrastructure to cyberattacks, which has already resulted in people across the Southeast panic hoarding fuel.<\/p>\n

Tracking firm GasBuddy reported widespread shortages of fuel at gas stations across southeastern states. For instance, it said 40% of filling stations across the Atlanta metro area without fuel.<\/p>\n

GasBuddy<\/a>\u00a0shares fuel shortage data of other metros:<\/p>\n