Death Toll Rises After Russia Invades Ukraine in 'Full-Scale Attack,' NATO Sending More Forces to Region

Mariupol, Ukraine, on Thursday.Photo: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP/Shutterstock Russia’s long feared — and long expected — invasion of Ukraine was underway Thursday, officials said,according to the Associated Press, with forces crossing borders on the north, south and east in a still-evolving attack. “The world can and must stop Putin. The time to act is now,” Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged on social media as Russian PresidentVladimir Putintold Ukrainian fighters to surrender in what he continued to insist, despite international condemnation, was a peacekeeping mission.

Death Toll Rises to 2 After 'Faulty Front Tire' is to Blame for N.Y. High School Band Bus Crash

Two adults died after a bus carrying New York students to a Pennsylvania band camp overturned.Photo:Fox5ny/YouTubeA “faulty front tire” is believed to be to blame in theNew York bus crashon Thursday that killed two people, New York Governor Kathy Hochul said in apress conference.The private coach bus was carrying 44 passengers, including 40 freshmen Farmingdale High School students, who were en route to a music event for band camp at Pine Forest Camp in Greeley, Pennsylvania.

Death Toll Rises to 26 From Tornadoes and Severe Storms Across the South and Midwest

Photo: Benjamin Krain/Getty At least 26 people are now dead after tornadoes and severe storms struck several southern and Midwestern states on Friday, according to various news outlets. According toThe Hill, thestorms struck at least eight stateswith nine reported deaths in Tennessee, four in Arkansas, four in Illinois and three in Indiana. A week ago, 26 people died in Mississippi and one in Alabama from atwisterthat passed through, perNPR. Leading up to the storms, the National Weather Service issued arare level 5 “high risk” outlookover portions of the Mid-Mississippi Valley to the Mid-South, predicting several “strong to potentially violent” tornadoes in the area.

Death Toll Rises to 5 in Texas After Tropical Storm Imelda and Historic Rainfall

Photo: Thomas B. Shea/Getty Five people have died as a result of Tropical Storm Imelda, one of the strongest tropical cyclones in U.S. history that submerged the Houston area in torrential rain. According to multiple reports, all five victims were male and found on either Thursday or Friday. Officials say that one of the deaths included an unidentified man in his 40s or 50s who drowned on Thursday while driving a van through 8-foot-deep floodwaters near the Bush Intercontinental Airport,NBCreported.

Death Toll Rises to 50 in California Wildfires as New Blaze Breaks Out: It's 'Absolutely Chaotic'

“It really seems like we are chasing it, it moves so fast, so aggressive. And the fire behavior is just so intense,” Mike Grosenbach, a Los Angeles County firefighter, toldCBS Newsof the Woolsey Fire. As some evacuations were lifted in the area, many survivors returned home only to be told to leave again. “It’s terrible,” Alex Goodwin, of Hidden Valley, told CBS of the Woolsey Fire. “We evacuated, thought the danger was done, and then of course came back thinking it was safe … and it’s terrifying.