Storm Recovery: U-Haul Offers 30 Days Free Storage at 366 Centers

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 16, 2025--

U-Haul ® has made 366 Company stores available to help storm victims with 30 days of free self-storage and U-Box ® container usage after a powerful weather system produced deadly tornadoes, fires, flooding and wind damage across a line of states Friday through Sunday morning.

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The storms destroyed homes and property – and in some cases communities – while the tornado outbreak was responsible for a number of casualties. Many families remain without power and face a long rebuilding process.

Access to dry and secure self-storage units and portable storage containers can assist communities during the clean-up process.

U-Haul offered free storage at 16 centers on Saturday in Oklahoma following an outbreak of more than 130 wildfires, and at three centers on Friday in Texas after damaging winds from the same weather system.

Now 29 U-Haul regional presidents in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee have extended the Company’s disaster relief program to accommodate anyone in need with one month of self-storage services at no cost.

That adds 347 new locations (listed below) to the 19 sites previously designated in Oklahoma and Texas. Find a U-Haul facility near you at uhaul.com/locations.

The 30 days free offer applies to new self-storage and U-Box rentals and is based on availability. The U-Box portable container offer is for on-site storage at Company facilities. People seeking more information on the disaster relief program or needing to arrange storage services can call their nearest regional office or visit any U-Haul-owned facility in a participating state and city:

ALABAMA

U-Haul Co. of Central Alabama (16 Stores)

(205) 979-3013

Participating store locations: Auburn, Birmingham, Dothan, Enterprise, Montgomery, Pelham, Prattville, Vestavia Hills

U-Haul Co. of Northern Alabama (15 Stores)

(256) 217-9696

Participating store locations: Birmingham, Decatur, Florence, Fultondale, Gadsden, Guntersville, Huntsville, Oxford, Tuscaloosa

U-Haul Co. of S. Alabama (16 Stores; 10 in Florida)

(800) 633-6819

Participating store locations: Elberta, Foley, Fort Walton Beach (FL), Milton (FL), Mobile, Panama City (FL), Panama City Beach (FL), Pensacola (FL), Robertsdale

ARKANSAS

U-Haul Co. of Arkansas (12 stores)

(501) 569-5010

Participating Store Locations: Fort Smith, Jonesboro, Little Rock, North Little Rock, Pine Bluff, Russellville, Sherwood

U-Haul Co. of Tulsa, OK (4 stores in Arkansas)

(918) 295-5700

Participating Store Locations: Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale

GEORGIA

U-Haul Co. of Atlanta North (13 Stores)

(770) 926-1340

Participating store locations: Alpharetta, Buford, Canton, Cumming, Jasper, Lawrenceville, Lilburn, Norcross, Rome, Snellville, Woodstock

U-Haul Co. of Atlanta West (12 Stores)

(678) 608-4146

Participating store locations: Atlanta, Carrollton, Dallas, Douglasville, Kennesaw, Marietta, Smyrna

U-Haul Co. of Central Georgia (10 Stores)

(404) 332-3180

Participating store locations: Atlanta, Chamblee, College Park, Decatur, Forest Park

U-Haul Co. of Georgia Northeast (11 Stores)

(678) 707-8383

Participating store locations: Athens, Buford, Clarkston, Conyers, Decatur, Oakwood, Snellville, Stone Mountain

U-Haul Co. of Southern Georgia (11 Stores)

(706) 569-3372

Participating store locations: Albany, Brunswick, Columbus, Kathleen, Macon, Warner Robins

U-Haul Co. of Western Georgia (13 Stores)

(404) 767-0431

Participating store locations: College Park, Jonesboro, McDonough, Morrow, Newnan, Peachtree City, Riverdale, Stockbridge

KENTUCKY

U-Haul Co. of Louisville (16 Stores; 2 in Indiana)

(502) 491-4184

Participating Store Locations: Evansville (Ind.), Jeffersonville (Ind.), Lexington, Louisville, Lyndon, Owensboro, Radcliff, Versailles

MISSISSIPPI

U-Haul Co. of Mississippi (13 stores)

(601) 352-2602

Participating Store Locations: Biloxi, Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Jackson, Meridian, Pascagoula, Pearl, Tupelo

MISSOURI

U-Haul Co. of Missouri (16 stores)

(417) 887-5832

Participating Store Locations: Branson, Cape Girardeau, Columbia, Jefferson City, Joplin, Ozark, Sedalia, Springfield

U-Haul Co. of Missouri Northeast (13 stores, 2 in Illinois)

(314) 355-7902

Participating Store Locations: Alton (IL), East Alton (IL), Florissant, Hazelwood, O’Fallon, Spanish Lake, St. Peters, Wentzville

U-Haul Co. of St. Louis (11 stores)

(314) 766-4013

Participating Store Locations: Ballwin, Overland, St. Louis, University City

NORTH CAROLINA

U-Haul Co. of Central North Carolina (8 Stores)

(336) 802-1776

Participating Store Locations: Greensboro, High Point, Sanford, Thomasville, Winston-Salem

U-Haul Co. of East Charlotte (7 Stores)

(980) 272-4871

Participating Store Locations: Charlotte, Concord, Pineville

U-Haul Co. of Eastern North Carolina (6 Stores)

(252) 565-4890

Participating Store Locations: Elizabeth City, Garner, Greenville, New Bern, Rocky Mount, Winterville

U-Haul Co. of Raleigh (10 Stores)

(919) 875-0059

Participating Store Locations: Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh, Wake Forest

U-Haul Co. of Southern Atlantic Coast (10 Stores; 5 in South Carolina)

(910) 762-8708

Participating Store Locations: Fayetteville, Florence (SC), Jacksonville, Little River (SC), Myrtle Beach (SC), Wilmington

U-Haul Co. of West Charlotte (11 Stores; 2 in South Carolina)

(704) 568-0753

Participating Store Locations: Charlotte, Cornelius, Gastonia, Lake Wylie (SC), Mooresville, Rock Hill (SC), Statesville

U-Haul Co. of Western North Carolina (13 Stores; 8 in South Carolina)

(828) 569-6003

Participating Store Locations: Asheville, Boone, Greer (SC), Greenville (SC), Hendersonville, Hickory, Simpsonville (SC), Spartanburg (SC)

SOUTH CAROLINA

U-Haul Co. of Coastal South Carolina (7 Stores; 3 in Georgia)

(912) 234-3059

Participating Store Locations: Charleston, North Charleston, Savannah (GA)

U-Haul Co. of South Carolina (17 Stores; 6 in Georgia)

(803) 791-9714

Participating Store Locations: Augusta (GA), Columbia, Greenwood, Grovetown (GA), West Columbia

TENNESSEE

U-Haul Co. of Knoxville (19 Stores)

(865) 312-8174

Participating Store Locations: Alcoa, Bristol, Chattanooga, Johnson City, Kingsport, Knoxville, Seymour

U-Haul Co. of Memphis (16 Stores; 1 in Kentucky; 2 in Mississippi)

(901) 366-2600

Participating Store Locations: Collierville, Jackson, Memphis, Millington, Olive Branch (MS), Paducah (KY), Southaven (MS)

U-Haul Co. of North Nashville (13 Stores; 4 in Kentucky)

(615) 865-6030

Participating Store Locations: Bowling Green (KY), Clarksville, Hendersonville, Madison, Nashville, Oak Grove (KY), Old Hickory

U-Haul Co. of South Nashville (8 Stores)

(615) 432-4612

Participating Store Locations: Brentwood, La Vergne, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Spring Hill

In addition to its 30 days free self-storage disaster relief program, U-Haul is proud to be at the forefront of aiding communities in times of need as an official American Red Cross Disaster Responder.

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U-Haul teams in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee have extended the Company’s 30 days free storage disaster relief program after a widespread tornado outbreak, joining teams in Oklahoma and Texas that are already helping storm and wildfire victims.

U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran has proposed negotiations after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic as an ongoing crackdown on demonstrators has led to hundreds of deaths.

Trump said late Sunday that his administration was in talks to set up a meeting with Tehran, but cautioned that he may have to act first as reports mount of increasing deaths and the government continues to arrest protesters.

“The meeting is being set up, but we may have to act because of what’s happening before the meeting. But a meeting is being set up. Iran called, they want to negotiate,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Sunday night.

Iran did not acknowledge Trump’s comments immediately. It has previously warned the U.S. military and Israel would be “legitimate targets” if America uses force to protect demonstrators.

The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, which has accurately reported on past unrest in Iran, gave the death toll. It relies on supporters in Iran cross checking information. It said at least 544 people have been killed so far, including 496 protesters and 48 people from the security forces. It said more than 10,600 people also have been detained over the two weeks of protests.

With the internet down in Iran and phone lines cut off, gauging the demonstrations from abroad has grown more difficult. Iran’s government has not offered overall casualty figures.

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China says it opposes the use of force in international relations and expressed hope the Iranian government and people are “able to overcome the current difficulties and maintain national stability.”

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Monday that Beijing “always opposes interference in other countries’ internal affairs, maintains that the sovereignty and security of all countries should be fully protected under international law, and opposes the use or threat of use of force in international relations.”

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz condemned “in the strongest terms the violence that the leadership in Iran is directing against its own people.”

He said it was a sign of weakness rather than strength, adding that “this violence must end.”

Merz said during a visit to India that the demonstrators deserve “the greatest respect” for the courage with which “they are resisting the disproportional, brutal violence of Iranian security forces.”

He said: “I call on the Iranian leadership to protect its population rather than threatening it.”

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman on Monday suggested that a channel remained open with the United States.

Esmail Baghaei made the comment during a news conference in Tehran.

“It is open and whenever needed, through that channel, the necessary messages are exchanged,” he said.

However, Baghaei said such talks needed to be “based on the acceptance of mutual interests and concerns, not a negotiation that is one-sided, unilateral and based on dictation.”

The semiofficial Fars news agency in Iran, which is close to the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, on Monday began calling out Iranian celebrities and leaders on social media who have expressed support for the protests over the past two weeks, especially before the internet was shut down.

The threat comes as writers and other cultural leaders were targeted even before protests. The news agency highlighted specific celebrities who posted in solidarity with the protesters and scolded them for not condemning vandalism and destruction to public property or the deaths of security forces killed during clashes. The news agency accused those celebrities and leaders of inciting riots by expressing their support.

Canada said it “stands with the brave people of Iran” in a statement on social media that strongly condemned the killing of protesters during widespread protests that have rocked the country over the past two weeks.

“The Iranian regime must halt its horrific repression and intimidation and respect the human rights of its citizens,” Canada’s government said on Monday.

Iran’s foreign minister claimed Monday that “the situation has come under total control” after a bloody crackdown on nationwide protests in the country.

Abbas Araghchi offered no evidence for his claim.

Araghchi spoke to foreign diplomats in Tehran. The Qatar-funded Al Jazeera satellite news network, which has been allowed to work despite the internet being cut off in the country, carried his remarks.

Iran’s foreign minister alleged Monday that nationwide protests in his nation “turned violent and bloody to give an excuse” for U.S. President Donald Trump to intervene.

Abbas Araghchi offered no evidence for his claim, which comes after over 500 have been reported killed by activists -- the vast majority coming from demonstrators.

Araghchi spoke to foreign diplomats in Tehran. The Qatar-funded Al Jazeera satellite news network, which has been allowed to work despite the internet being cut off in the country, carried his remarks.

Iran has summoned the British ambassador over protesters twice taking down the Iranian flag at their embassy in London.

Iranian state television also said Monday that it complained about “certain terrorist organization that, under the guise of media, spread lies and promote violence and terrorism.” The United Kingdom is home to offices of the BBC’s Persian service and Iran International, both which long have been targeted by Iran.

A huge crowd of demonstrators, some waving the flag of Iran, gathered Sunday afternoon along Veteran Avenue in LA’s Westwood neighborhood to protest against the Iranian government. Police eventually issued a dispersal order, and by early evening only about a hundred protesters were still in the area, ABC7 reported.

Los Angeles is home to the largest Iranian community outside of Iran.

Los Angeles police responded Sunday after somebody drove a U-Haul box truck down a street crowded with the the demonstrators, causing protesters to scramble out of the way and then run after the speeding vehicle to try to attack the driver. A police statement said one person was hit by the truck but nobody was seriously hurt.

The driver, a man who was not identified, was detained “pending further investigation,” police said in a statement Sunday evening.

Protesters burn the Iranian national flag during a rally in support of the nationwide mass demonstrations in Iran against the government in Paris, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)