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May 14, 2021

As Colonial starts to reopen its pipeline, gas crunch continues on the East Coast

  • Nearly 70% of North Carolina's gas stations on Thursday were still without fuel amid panic-buying.
    • By TOM FOREMAN JR., JEFF MARTIN and BEN FINLEY
    Associated Press

    CLEMMONS, N.C. — Gas pumps remained shrouded by plastic bags Thursday at thousands of service stations across more than a dozen U.S. states, but the situation could improve as a pipeline company reported “substantial progress” in resuming operations after a computer hack led to its shutdown.

    Nearly 70% of North Carolina's gas stations on Thursday were still without fuel amid panic-buying, as were about half the stations in South Carolina and Georgia, GasBuddy.com reported.


     
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