Panicked shoppers clear out grocery stores in flood-hit British Columbia

Produce shelves lie empty at the Save-On-Foods grocery store in Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada November 18, 2021. Rob Murphy/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) - Shoppers in Canada's flood-hit province of British Columbia have emptied grocery shelves following catastrophic flooding, although the shortages are as much down to panic buying as disrupted supply chains, industry associations said on Thursday.

Even as flood waters start to recede https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/receding-waters-help-flood-hit-canadian-town-avoid-disaster-2021-11-18, some parts of the province are expected to face to temporary shortages of dairy supplies, with retailers and officials calling for calm.