Colonial Pipeline Gas Shortages Widen Across the East Coast
Colonial Pipeline Gas Shortages Widen Across the East Coast

Colonial Pipeline Gas Shortages, Widen Across the East Coast.

Colonial Pipeline Gas Shortages, Widen Across the East Coast.

The shortages are a result of last week's cyberattack on the company.

Which provides fuel to about 45% of the Eastern Seaboard from the Gulf Coast to the metro New York area.

The national average for gas prices has reached $3 per gallon, the highest it's been since October 2014.

North Carolina, Georgia and Virginia have been hit hardest by the shortages, with multiple states declaring a state of emergency.

Colonial Pipeline Co.

Said on May 10 that it is working to restore its systems by the end of the week