People are panic buying grocery staples after a dock strike has started and Hurricane Helene destroyed mountain towns in the Carolinas.

During her lunch break on Tuesday – the day 45,000 East Coast port workers went on strike – Shayna Turbovsky went to the grocery store to stock up on meat, rice, beans, bananas and toilet paper. She also filled up her gas tank and plans to keep it topped off.

Some Americans have been stocking up on toilet paper as port workers continue industrial action, according to posts on social media. Several videos and images have appeared online of empty shelves at grocery stores following the commencement of strike action by dockworkers represented by the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) across East and Gulf Coast ports on October 1.

Toilet paper shortages in stores across America are giving folks nightmarish reminders of the pandemic era. But the lack of toilet paper isn’t a direct result of a major port strike Tuesday. It’s because of panic buying.

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The dockworkers' strike that has been ongoing since the beginning of October in ports along the East Coast of the United States has triggered a wave of panic buying. Americans have begun purchasing toilet paper and paper towels in anticipation of potential supply restrictions.