Three of every five gas stations are without fuel in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area just hours before the projected landfall of Hurricane Milton .
Gas Buddy , a gas station location and savings app, started tracking outages on Monday night. Since then nearly a quarter of the state’s 7,915 gas stations were without fuel. Most of the stations that provide power for electric cars were still operating.
The National Hurricane Center expects Milton will make landfall on Florida’s west coast late Wednesday into early Thursday. The storm has been rapidly upgraded and downgraded in the past few days as meteorologists grapple with the storm’s destructive potential .
Percentage of gas stations without fuel on Wednesday morning in major Florida cities
Unable to view our graphics? Click here to see them .
Where fuel outages have been reported in the Tampa area
Gas Buddy allows motorists to pinpoint where they might be able to find gasoline, based on recent reports. Click here to use their interactive tracker. Here’s where fuel outages were reported in Tampa on Wednesday morning.