More than 1,200 homes in Russia's Far Eastern city of Komsomolsk are underwater and some 13,500 people are living in a disaster area. Regional officials are giving a one-time handout of 10,000 rubles ($310) to those affected by the disaster. Long lines have formed in the area waiting for the money. RFERL Tatar-Bashkir Service correspondent Ira Tazieva reported from Komsomolsk on October 1 and took these photos.
Floodwaters Hit Russian Far East
![Komsomolsk resident Artur Mingalimov prepares his boat to return home.](https://gdb.rferl.org/170d1c36-b249-4779-8e01-ef281b5963c1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Komsomolsk resident Artur Mingalimov prepares his boat to return home.
![A man paddles down the flooded streets of a Komsomolsk neighborhood.](https://gdb.rferl.org/28866ee6-8ef5-45e7-b4e1-40bc76b4ece2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man paddles down the flooded streets of a Komsomolsk neighborhood.
![Flood waters engulf the city even after the rain has stopped.](https://gdb.rferl.org/008dbfe7-9ac5-400b-9181-737583970146_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Flood waters engulf the city even after the rain has stopped.
![Thousands fled their homes in the Far Eastern city, which has a population of nearly 300,000.](https://gdb.rferl.org/4192dacc-1ae6-4717-b869-cd470322b14d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Thousands fled their homes in the Far Eastern city, which has a population of nearly 300,000.
![A man makes his way through a flooded street.](https://gdb.rferl.org/240eb0db-5495-4e40-944f-6f00ed0e0c58_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man makes his way through a flooded street.
![Resident Rafik Fayzullin near his home in Komsomolsk.](https://gdb.rferl.org/d37e5892-76d1-47a0-b5ad-af2f063f9b6c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Resident Rafik Fayzullin near his home in Komsomolsk.
![Russian TV journalists report from the scene.](https://gdb.rferl.org/bfb59c42-6c44-45de-8b4b-872054116ad2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian TV journalists report from the scene.
![An aerial view of part of the flooded city.](https://gdb.rferl.org/1c461f07-d376-4a8d-b095-4d95f6f6919f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An aerial view of part of the flooded city.
![More flooded streets in a neighborhood in Komsomolsk.](https://gdb.rferl.org/56b4cc99-908e-45bd-aebf-8771a60e9082_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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More flooded streets in a neighborhood in Komsomolsk.
![Another home is unreachable because of the high flood waters.](https://gdb.rferl.org/be7f8ce8-5f8d-43b0-b9ce-f88666b0a83d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Another home is unreachable because of the high flood waters.