Gas Shortages Ease, but Pumps Dry in Some Areas

Gas Shortages Ease, but Pumps Dry in Some Areas
Gas pumps are roped off with a tape indicating a lack of gasoline at a gas station in Washington on May 14, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
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Gasoline shortages that have plagued the East Coast slowly eased on Sunday, with 1,000 more stations receiving supplies as the country’s largest fuel pipeline network recovered from a crippling cyberattack.

The six-day closure of Colonial Pipeline’s 5,500-mile system was the most disruptive cyberattack on record, preventing millions of barrels of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from reaching fuel tanks throughout the eastern United States.