Hurricane Milton drives gas shortage in Florida as residents flee storm
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Floridians in the path of Hurricane Milton are facing gas shortages as thousands of residents attempt to flee to safer locations on Tuesday.
As traffic crawled on Interstate 75 out of Tampa and Orlando, some gas stations in the areas had run out of gas, and it was unknown when new fuel deliveries would arrive.
At a Mobil station in Winter Springs, a suburb of Orlando, a clerk inside told Fox Business Digital that the owner said their pumps went dry on Monday evening.
The clerk said that more fuel was supposed to have already been delivered, but no gasoline had arrived as of Tuesday morning.
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A Mobil in Winter Springs, Florida, a suburb of Orlando, is one of many gas stations that have had their pumps run dry as Floridians and visitors attempt to flee the oncoming Hurricane Milton on Tuesday. | Fox News
Fuel also ran out at gas stations in The Villages, a 55-plus community northwest of Orlando, according to Villages News.
A Mobil in Winter Springs, Florida, a suburb of Orlando, is one of many gas stations that have had their pumps run dry as Floridians and visitors attempt to flee the oncoming Hurricane Milton on Tuesday. | Fox News
I-75 northbound was bumper to bumper, with traffic snarls stretching for miles on Monday afternoon as Floridians and visitors attempted to drive out of the storm’s projected path.
Traffic continued to clog the main arteries out of the hurricane’s path on Tuesday.
Floridians evacuate from the projected path of Hurricane Milton in Florida on Wednesday. (MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)
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