Wedoany.com Report-Oct 15, Gas stations across Florida were resuming operations on Monday, easing fuel shortages as the state recovered from back-to-back hurricanes which caused widespread disruption.

Millions evacuated their homes last week to escape Hurricane Milton, jamming highways and causing gasoline shortages less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene slammed the state. The fuel shortages also affected clean-up efforts.

Only about 17% of Florida's nearly 8,000 gasoline retail outlets were out of fuel on Monday at 1 p.m. EDT, down from a peak of over 26% on Friday, according to data from market tracker GasBuddy.com.

Tampa, which was spared from the catastrophic surge of seawater many forecasters feared, saw gas station outages decline to less than half of total area stations on Monday from a peak of over 75% on Friday, GasBuddy data showed.

"There has been a slow, steady improvement since Friday," GasBuddy analyst Patrick De Haan said. Most fuel retailers should return to normal service in five to 10 days, he added.