Update: Fuel availability in Florida is beginning to return to normal following the departure of Hurricane Milton, according to mobile fuel price app GasBuddy, which activated its Fuel Availability Tracker in the state to assist motorists and residents looking for fuel during the emergency. The Dallas-based company has been posting updates as the storm progressed and in its aftermath.
As of 9:57 a.m. ET on Oct. 11, the tracker showed 28.63% of the gas stations statewide were without fuel.
As of 12:16 p.m. ET on Oct. 14, the tracker showed the percentages of stations without fuel in the state and in major cities as:
Florida, statewide: 17.5% (total Florida station count: 7,915)
Tampa/Sarasota: 50.4%
Orlando/Daytona Beach: 17.9%
Fort Myers/Naples: 20.8%
Gainesville: 16.5%
Miami/Fort Lauderdale: 0.6%
Jacksonville: 1.0%
Tallahassee: 0.2%
Surging demand and power outages contributed to temporary gasoline outages across Central Florida and along evacuation routes, AAA Florida reported. State officials say conditions are improving. Florida's ports and all but two gasoline terminals are back open for tanker trucks to fill up and make around-the-clock deliveries, it said.
State representatives told AAA that they expect 85% of Florida gas stations to have gasoline by Monday night and supplies to be back to normal by Wednesday morning.
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