Myra P. Saefong of MarketWatch reports on gas demand from Hurricane Milton in Florida.
Hurricane Milton is one of the Atlantic Basin’s strongest storms on record and the frenzy of evacuations in Florida, where it’s expected to make landfall Wednesday evening, has led to shortages at nearly 16% of the gasoline stations in Florida, according to GasBuddy.
Fuel shortages were seen at 15.79% of the state’s gas stations, or 7,912 stations, as of 11:10 am Eastern time Tuesday, according to GasBuddy, a source for real-time fuel prices at gas stations in the U.S., Canada, and Australia.
It’s tough right now for evacuees, Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, told MarketWatch. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Floridians are trying to head north on the two major highways so it’s a bit of a ‘challenging situation.’
The most shortages in the state were seen in the Tampa/St. Petersburg area with around 43.06% of those gas stations without fuel, GasBuddy reported Tuesday. The Fort Myers/Naples area had 27.79%, and Gainesville 24.71%, of stations out of fuel.
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