Arizona Flooding: U-Haul Offers Disaster Relief at 94 Stores Statewide

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 2, 2026--

Nine U-Haul ® Companies in Arizona are offering 30 days of free self-storage and U-Box ® container use at 94 stores to residents impacted by the severe flooding that occurred statewide over the weekend.

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Heavy rains that fell Friday through Sunday caused flash flooding and sent rivers and creeks over their banks across much of Arizona, from the Phoenix and Tucson metros to Flagstaff, Prescott, Sedona and the White Mountains.

Flooding has prompted multiple evacuations and water rescues, and Prescott declared a state of emergency. Countless residential and business properties have sustained water damage.

Access to self-storage units and portable storage containers is essential to communities when natural disasters strike. U-Haul is ready to help anyone in Arizona impacted by the flooding who needs a dry, secure storage solution at no cost for one month.

The 30 days free offer applies to new self-storage and U-Box rentals and is based on availability. The U-Box offer is for on-site storage at participating facilities; delivery is available for a modest fee.

Please reference the city list below for U-Haul locations offering the disaster relief program. Stop by any U-Haul-owned and -operated facility in these cities or call the nearest regional office to arrange 30 days of free storage.

U-Haul Co. of East Valley
Store locations (8): Chandler, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Sun Lakes
(480) 899-1461

U-Haul Co. of Eastern Arizona
Store locations (16): Apache Junction, Globe, Mesa, Tempe
(480) 347-9199

U-Haul Co. of Metro Phoenix
Store locations (12): Fountain Hills, Phoenix, Scottsdale
(602) 977-0519

U-Haul Co. of Northern Arizona
Store locations (12): Cottonwood, Flagstaff, Kingman, Lakeside, Prescott
(928) 515-2395

U-Haul Co. of Northwest Phoenix
Store locations (10): Anthem, Glendale, Peoria, Phoenix, Surprise, Wickenburg
(602) 383-2167

U-Haul Co. of Southeast Arizona
Store locations (11): Sahuarita, Sierra Vista, Thatcher, Tucson
(520) 829-5112

U-Haul Co. of Southern Arizona
Store locations (10): Marana, Tucson
(520) 575-5360

U-Haul Co. of Southwest Arizona
Store locations (9): Ahwatukee, Casa Grande, Laveen, Phoenix, Yuma
(602) 243-4354

U-Haul Co. of Western Arizona
Store locations (18): Glendale, Goodyear, Litchfield Park, Phoenix
(888) 472-9651

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.

For customers needing storage beyond the free period, the U-Haul 1-Year Price Lock is now available at 2,100 Company-owned facilities across the U.S. and Canada. Fixed-rate storage ensures at least 12 months with no price increase on your rental unit, and U-Haul never charges admin fees or deposits. Learn more at uhaul.com/Storage/1-Year-Price-Lock.

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Founded in 1945, U-Haul is the No. 1 choice of do-it-yourself movers with more than 25,000 rental locations across all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces. The U-Haul app makes it easy for customers to use U-Haul Truck Share 24/7 to access trucks anytime through the self-dispatch and -return options on their smartphones with our patented Live Verify technology. Our customers’ patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to approximately 207,600 trucks, 136,500 trailers and 43,200 towing devices. U-Haul, which offers rate transparency to self-storage customers through its 1-Year Price Lock, is the third largest storage operator in North America with 1,147,300 rentable storage units and 100.3 million square feet of self-storage space at owned and managed facilities. U-Haul is the top retailer of propane in the U.S. and the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry. For more than 80 years, orange has been an iconic and recognizable color in moving and storage, signifying U-Haul products and services and the quality, affordability, and convenience they provide. Get the U-Haul app from theApp StoreorGoogle Play.

Nine U-Haul® Companies in Arizona are offering 30 days of free self-storage and U-Box® container use at 94 stores to residents impacted by the severe flooding that occurred statewide over the weekend.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia bombed an aid distribution center and neighboring shelter in southern Ukraine on Monday, killing 24 people, Ukraine's emergency services agency said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on X that 10 guided bombs targeted an area that included a school building used to distribute humanitarian aid and a nearby shelter.

“This is further proof that Russia wants no de-escalation,” Zelenskyy said.

The attacks in the village of Komyshuvakha, in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, occurred as a limited ceasefire expired Monday in Kherson, a different region in the country's south. The limited ceasefire agreement had allowed humanitarian aid and evacuation missions into front-line areas in Russian-occupied territory.

“There was a moment when the next steps could have shown that progress toward peace was possible,” Zelenskyy said. “With these killings, Russia is sending an entirely opposite signal: Russia is counting on more killings.”

As night fell in Komyshuvakha, emergency responders used flashlights to search through the rubble of collapsed buildings, according to photos and video posted online by local officials. About 20 people are considered missing and the death toll could rise, these officials say.

Efforts to rescue people Monday evening were hindered as Russian drones launched additional attacks in the area that had been bombed, according to Mykhailo Semikin, a military official in Zaporizhzhia.

In other areas of Ukraine, authorities reported multiple Russian drone attacks that injured at least 17 people.

Earlier, residents of Ukraine and Russia had received phony emergency alerts from government-run mobile apps that were hacked, authorities in both countries said. The phony alerts in Ukraine included a warning about an imminent nuclear threat.

It was not clear if the cyberattacks late Sunday in Ukraine and early Monday in Russia were related. Ukraine said its mobile app, which residents rely on to seek safety from Russian missile and drone strikes, was up and running again after being temporarily suspended. Russian authorities said efforts to restore its emergency alert mobile app were ongoing.

A Russian Telegram channel with links to the country's security services said Monday that a hacking group, Hitcore, claimed responsibility for the breach of the Ukrainian emergency alert system. The Associated Press did not independently verify the claim, and the affiliations or motivations of the purported hackers remained unclear.

The alerts received by Ukrainians — making false claims of high radiation levels, a chemical threat and public disturbances in Kyiv — were written in English, Russian and Ukrainian. The English language alerts contained spelling and grammatical errors.

One of the messages, written in Russian, said: “Hi! There will be a nuclear threat across Ukraine. Do not worry, the Oreshnik is incoming,” a reference to a Russian ballistic missile.

There was little indication the fake alerts caused panic in Ukraine. Instead, there was a flood of humorous posts online, with social media users sharing photos of their pets relaxing and apocalypse-themed images generated by artificial intelligence.

A spokesman for Ukraine’s air force command, Yurii Ihnat, said in a television interview that the cyberattack had no impact on Ukraine’s security and defense operations. The government urged people to monitor other emergency channels on social media while the cyberattack was being addressed.

In Russia, the Emergency Situations Ministry said in a statement that hackers sent a false alert through its app at approximately 2:45 a.m. Moscow time on Monday across 33 of Russia’s 89 regions. It did not say who it believed carried out the attack.

The ministry sought to reassure Russians by noting that the wider public alert system was working normally through SMS messages, media broadcasts and municipal sirens and loudspeakers.

“All government bodies must take steps to improve the cybersecurity of our digital resources,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.

As the ceasefire in Ukraine's Kherson region came to an end on Monday, Ukraine’s general staff said that Russia’s military had used the pause in fighting to bolster its drone defenses and replenish ammunition supplies.

The brief pause in fighting, which began on Oct. 27, was part of a humanitarian aid and evacuation mission in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, and marked the most significant truce between Kyiv and Moscow since Russia’s full-scale invasion began nearly five years ago.

Elsewhere in Ukraine, emergency services reported that drone strikes injured 12 people in the eastern Kharkiv region and damaged a refrigeration facility, greenhouses and residential buildings.

Five people were also reported injured in the Black Sea port city of Odesa, where a warehouse was targeted and homes were damaged.

Russia’s Ministry of Defense said Monday that it shot down 212 Ukrainian drones overnight. The head of Russia’s Samara region, Gov. Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, said in a statement that local air defenses were repelling an aerial attack, but did not give further details.

Independent Russian media outlets later reported that Ukrainian drones had targeted one of Europe’s largest oil transport hubs in Samara.

Katie Marie Davies contributed to this report from Manchester, England.

Follow the AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine

This screenshot made on a smartphone shows a series of false alerts received late Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026 from an emergency alert mobile application that was subject to a cyberattack, in Kyiv, Ukraine. Third message in Russian reads "Hi! There will be a nuclear threat across Ukraine. Do not worry, the Oreshnik is incoming. Telegram channel: [link]", Fifth and sixth messages in Ukrainian read "Increased danger, Go to the shelter". (AP Photo) Photo taken with a smartphone.

St. Andrew's Cathedral in Russian-occupied Nova Kakhovka, is seen across the Dnipro River from the village of Kozatske, during a localized ceasefire linked to a humanitarian aid mission to Oleshky, Kherson region, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A representative of the Nova Kakhovka administration walks past an unexploded Russian FPV drone during a localized ceasefire linked to a humanitarian aid mission to Oleshky, in the village of Kozatske, Kherson region, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Oleh Tarabaka, head of the Nova Kakhovka military administration, left, and Vadym, a Ukrainian sergeant of the 42nd Marine Brigade, right, help evacuate Antonina, a local resident, as they walk past a destroyed residential building in an area contaminated with anti-personnel mines, during a localized ceasefire linked to a humanitarian aid mission to Oleshky, in the village of Kozatske, Kherson region, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Rescue workers pull a family from the rubble of a residential building destroyed by a Russian airstrike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)