Gas shortage: Police in NC city tell residents to ‘limit non-essential travel’ as ‘fuel crisis’ spirals

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is warning residents in and around the North Carolina city to "limit non-essential travel" as panic buying following the cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline last week is increasingly causing the state’s gas pumps to run dry. The development comes as an analyst from the website GasBuddy – which tracks fuel prices around the U.S. – reported that 71% of gas stations in the Charlotte area are currently out of fuel. -- More...