Hurricane Irma drains water at Walmart stores, halts York County online groceries.
The Rock Hill store expects supplies throughout Friday and the weekend, and customers who want water can call the store first, Wood said.
There have been spot outages of bottled water at some stores in areas likely to be affected by Irma from Florida to the Carolinas but distribution trucks from areas as far away as Pennsylvania and other parts of the country are re-supplying stores, said Ragan Dickens, spokesman for Wal-Mart’s corporate office.
“We are resupplying as quickly as possible,” Dickens said.
Several area Walmart stores posted on Facebook just before noon Thursday that because of Hurricane Irma, stores are halting online e-commerce services, including same-day pick-up and delivery.
We plan to resume regular operations on September 16, 2017 unless conditions change.
Other area stores say their shelves are still stocked.
Publix stores in the Charlotte area have water, but quantities vary by store, said Kim Reynolds, media and community relations manager for Publix Super Markets, Charlotte Division.
Reynolds said Charlotte area stores are serviced by its Atlanta distribution center.
Customer James Honeycutt of Rock Hill bought 10 2-liter bottles of Mountain Dew and planned another trip for cases of water to make sure his family is taken care of.