Colonial Pipeline Gas Shortages, Widen Across the East Coast.<br />Colonial Pipeline Gas Shortages, Widen Across the East Coast.<br />The shortages are a result of <br />last week's cyberattack on the company.<br />which provides fuel to about 45% of <br />the Eastern Seaboard from the Gulf Coast <br />to the metro New York area.<br />The national average for gas prices <br />has reached $3 per gallon, <br />the highest it's been since October 2014.<br />North Carolina, Georgia and Virginia have <br />been hit hardest by the shortages, with <br />multiple states declaring a state of emergency.<br />Colonial Pipeline Co. said on <br />May 10 that it is working to restore <br />its systems by the end of the week
