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Hurricane Michael: U-Haul offering 30 days of free storage ahead of storm

Nearly 30 locations are offering free storage for 30 days.
MORTON GROVE, IL - JANUARY 23: A lone U-Haul trailer sits in the lot of a U-Haul store January 23, 2003 in Morton Grove, Illinois. Reno, Nevada-based U-Haul Co. is discussing debt restructuring. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — As Hurricane Michael moves closer to the Gulf Coast, storage company U-Haul is opening its units to those who may need a place to store their valuables.

Nearly 30 locations throughout Alabama, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas are offering 30 days of free self-storage and U-Box containers to residents who will be impacted by heavy winds and rains from the storm.

Michael is poised to make landfall along the Florida panhandle Wednesday, and the state's governor, Rick Scott, has already declared a state of emergency. He's urging folks in the storm's path to take precautions to protect their homes.

Enter U-Haul.

"Storms like these create an immediate need for secure locations where residents can store the belongings they wish to protect," said U-Haul's Tallahassee's president Chris Ferguson said. "As a member of these communities, we are in a position to lend a helping hand by providing this free self-storage service to our neighbors in harm's way."

The company offered a similar deal after Hurricane Florence flooded the Carolinas.

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Families looking to get more information on the free storage should reach out ot the nearest participating U-Haul store. Locations by state are as follows:

ALABAMA

U-Haul Moving & Storage of Downtown Mobile

970 ½ Springhill Ave.

Mobile, AL 36604

(251) 433-1548

U-Haul Moving & Storage of Bel Air

200 W. I-65 Service Road S.

Mobile, AL 36608

(251) 343-7101

U-Haul Moving & Storage of Springdale

3755 Airport Blvd.

Mobile, AL 36608

(251) 344-0661

U-Haul Moving & Storage at The Loop

2507 Government St.

Mobile, AL 36606

(251) 476-6548

FLORIDA

U-Haul Moving & Storage at Beal Pkwy.

631 N. Beal Pkwy.

Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548

(850) 863-2133

U-Haul Moving & Storage of Fort Walton

395 Mary Esther Cut Off NW

Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548

(850) 862-4663

U-Haul Moving & Storage of Panama City

1026 W. 15th St.

Panama City, FL 32401

(850) 769-3268

U-Haul Moving & Storage of Downtown Pensacola

2817 N. Pace Blvd.

Pensacola, FL 32505

(850) 432-1522

U-Haul Moving & Storage of North Pensacola

7835 N. Davis Hwy.

Pensacola, FL 32514

(850) 479-7450

U-Haul Moving & Storage of Pensacola-Bellview

4921 Mobile Hwy.

Pensacola, FL 32506

(850) 456-9248

U-Haul Moving & Storage of Pensacola-University

7220 N. Davis Hwy.

Pensacola, FL 32504

(850) 477-4701

U-Haul Moving & Storage of West Pensacola

4211 Mobile Hwy.

Pensacola, FL 32506

(850) 266-7482

U-Haul Moving & Storage at Capital Circle Northwest

5050 W. Tennessee St.

Tallahassee, FL 32304

(850) 576-2317

U-Haul Moving & Storage at Lake Ella

1580 N. Monroe St.

Tallahassee, FL 32303

(850) 222-1389

U-Haul Moving & Storage of Northeast Tallahassee

2554 Capital Circle NE

Tallahassee, FL 32308

(850) 422-0039

GEORGIA

U-Haul Moving & Storage at Canton Road

2800 Canton Road #2000

Marietta, GA 30066

(678) 810-1141

U-Haul at Roswell Street

900 Roswell St.

Marietta, GA 30060

(770) 428-6220

NORTH CAROLINA

U-Haul Moving & Storage of East Asheville

387 Swannanoa River Road

Asheville, NC 28805

(828) 298-8551

U-Haul Moving & Storage of South Asheville

3161 Sweeten Creek Road

Asheville, NC 28803

(828) 483-5707

U-Haul Moving & Storage of Boone

849 NC Hwy. 105 Bypass

Boone, NC 28607

(828) 297-1723

U-Haul Moving & Storage of Hendersonville

1500 Airport Road

Hendersonville, NC 28792

(828) 233-5017

U-Haul Moving & Storage of Downtown Hickory

542 Main Ave. SE

Hickory NC 28602

(828) 256-0209

U-Haul Moving & Storage of West Hickory

332 U.S. Hwy. 70 SW, Suite 101

Hickory, NC 28602

(828) 358-3669

SOUTH CAROLINA

U-Haul Moving & Storage at Roper Mountain

24 Roper Mountain Road

Greenville, SC 29607

(864) 254-9154

U-Haul Moving & Storage at Wade Hampton

529 Wade Hampton Blvd.

Greenville, SC 29609

(864) 233-8319

U-Haul Moving & Storage of West Greenville

1406 Grove Road

Greenville, SC 29605

(864) 269-8172

U-Haul Moving & Storage of Northwest Spartanburg

1500 International Drive

Spartanburg, SC 29303

(864) 574-2298

U-Haul Moving & Storage of Spartanburg

345 Whitney Road

Spartanburg, SC 29303

(864) 582-4140

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