TAMPA, Fla. – The gas supply shortage is coming to an end across Tampa Bay as the Florida Petroleum Marketer's Association says most gas stations should be back to normal operations today.

Lines at gas stations have been disappearing since the weekend as a surge of gasoline arrives from Port Tampa, which was closed during Hurricane Milton.

• A rush on gas stations before the storm and a two-day distribution shutdown left gas stations empty.

Ned Bowman, executive director of the FPMA, says the closure of the Port of Tampa has had a significant impact on gas distribution across the state.

“% of the fuel for the state of Florida comes through Tampa, and there is also a pipeline that takes it up to Orlando. And you can't say enough about the terminal operators working around the clock to get these tanks online and the people at the port, Paul Anderson and his team down there, great job and it's a great success. But the state EOC practices scenarios like this.”

The governor's office has emphasized that there was never a gas shortage in Florida, but rather a distribution problem as a result of Hurricane Milton.

Most gas stations are now back to normal operations, but those that are not should start receiving gas deliveries today.