A total of 1,409 vehicles were flooded after water from a rainstorm poured into 35 underground garages of Guangzhou City, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, municipal authorities said Tuesday night. In the worst-hit Tianhe District, 24 underground garages were flooded, leaving 1,139 vehicles flooded, said Ouyang Ming, deputy head of the municipal water authorities. "Guangzhou has nearly 10,000 underground garages. Only a small fraction were flooded," he said. Car owners are seeking compensation from garage and insurance companies. Car owners of Kangcheng residential estate are demanding the management company that runs the garage compensate them. More than 370 vehicles, including some luxury cars, were flooded in the storm, Xinhua reported.