Comanesti is located in an area originally settled by religious and political refugees, near the former Austro-Hungarian border with the Moldovan part of Romania.
Comanesti was one of the areas of Romania devastated by destructive flooding in 2005.
HFH Romania is preparing intervention to serve 237 families affected by floods in Comanesti and Trotus Valley, Bacau County and in Golesti and Micesti, Arges County.