Florida has the most flood-damaged vehicles in the U.S., with an estimated 82,100 out of 482,000 nationwide. Flood-damaged cars are often resold across state lines, posing risks to unsuspecting buyers ...

Tropical storms and hurricanes, like Helene, leave homes, roads and thousands of vehicles under water. Vehicle data company CARFAX estimates as many as 89,000 vehicles have water damage after summer ...

Flood-damaged cars often reappear on used car lots or online marketplaces after being cleaned up to hide signs of water ...

Flooding issues can lure in scam artists trying to pass off water-damaged vehicles as ordinary used cars. Unsuspecting consumers, particularly those living in regions of the country unaffected by ...

It shouldn't be a surprise that in Florida − which is regularly flooded by storm surges, daily rainfall, saturated ground and hurricanes dumping water everywhere − a study finds there are more ...