US hit with fuel shortages as panicked drivers fill up tanks after pipeline hack

Shortages most acute in US south-east while US energy secretary urges Americans not to hoard gasoline Fuel shortages are still taking hold in parts of the US as panicked drivers fill up their tanks in response to this week's ransomware attack upon the Colonial Pipeline, a key gasoline artery for the east coast. The shortages are most acute in the US south-east, with one in five gas stations in Atlanta reported to be out of fuel on Tuesday evening. About one in 10 gas stations in North Carolina, ...