Americans emptied store shelves due to hurricane threat

Due to the threat of Hurricane Isaias, Americans staged a rush in stores in the southern United States, buying up essential goods.

The US National Hurricane Center warned of the formation of a new tropical storm that could become a hurricane by the end of the week.

Meteorologists expect Hurricane Isaias to approach the northern Gulf Coast of the United States on Friday.

WASHINGTON, October 8 - RIA Novosti. Americans created a rush in stores, emptying shelves, due to the threat of a hurricane approaching the southern United States, the Daily Mail newspaper reports.

The US National Hurricane Center on Wednesday warned of the formation of a new tropical storm, Isaias, in the American South, which could become a hurricane by the end of the week.

Fears of a devastating storm have emptied shelves in cities along the U.S. Gulf Coast, with locals stocking up on everything from toilet paper to water and canned goods.

The newspaper accompanies the material with photographs from social networks: in stores in Florida and Mississippi there are practically no goods on the shelves. In one of the frames, a man loads the trunk to capacity with bottles of drinking water. The demand for fuel has also increased sharply, with long queues forming at gas stations.