New York/Washington/San Francisco | The US government declared a state of emergency on Sunday (Monday AEST) in a bid to keep fuel supply lines open as fears of shortages rose following the shutdown of an essential pipeline.
The move lifted various limits on the transport of fuels by road to ease the fallout from the continuing closure of the Colonial pipeline, which carries almost half the fuel consumed on the US east coast, following a ransomware cyber attack on Friday.
