GREENSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina is in the top 10, but it's not the list any of us want to be on. CARFAX compiled data on storms and weather events that led to the top 10 states with the most water-damaged cars.

North Carolina comes in sixth on the list with an estimated 17,800 water-damaged cars on the road.

When you see video from a year ago, with cars floating down streets due to Helene, it's not a surprise that the number of water-damaged cars is so high. But you might be wondering, well.

How could those cars even get to the point where they could be for sale again?

The ones on the market probably weren't submerged, but they did have damage, and you may not know it.

"In the event of a big flooding event, there are scammers who sometimes go into neighborhoods and, but, you know

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