Some gas stations in Hampton Roads were running out of gas Tuesday as people flocked to the pumps, reacting to the Colonial Pipeline shutdown.
The situation pushed Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to issue a state of emergency. Executive Order 78 is in place to give fuel transportation waivers and funding for state and local governments to increase the gasoline supply.
The Colonial Pipeline, which carries gasoline from Texas to New Jersey (and supplies Virginia and North Carolina along the way), was hit by a Russian ransomware attack last Friday.
The company temporarily shut off the pipeline while they're working to free their IT software from the hackers. Colonial Pipeline said it expects to have everything working normally again by Friday.