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Ukraine must be "compensated for all the damage caused by Russia," Oleg Ustenko, an economic adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, told Newsweek.

"Putin never thinks about citizens. He thinks only about himself, politics and ratings," Ivan Fedorov, mayor of Melitopol, told Newsweek.

"Putin tried to commit a new level of aggression," Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of Ukraine's occupied southern city of Melitopol, told Newsweek.

The zoo had been under Russian occupation since the beginning of the invasion, making the removal of the animals impossible.

Thousands of people have been displaced in Haiti after heavy rainfall over the weekend caused flash floods, landslides and roadslides.

Flash flooding from the snowmelt has caused damage to a scenic route near Payson Canyon, causing the roads to be shut for weeks for repairs.

Lake Tulare dried up 80 years ago, but is rapidly re-emerging following intense storms across California.

One picture shows a walkway in the Sentinel Meadow area of the park completely underwater.

The Merced River is expected to stay at flood stage for days, as rising temperatures continue to melt the snowpack at a rapid rate.

Fire crews responded to at least 15 vehicles that had become trapped in rising waters across the city in Missouri on Sunday.

Warming temperatures are causing a record snowpack to melt quickly in the National Park.

The previously dry Tulare Lake bed has rapidly flooded over the past few months due to heavy rainfall and snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada.

As snowpack in the Sierra Nevada starts to melt due to increasing temperatures, meltwater has been flowing rapidly into the California valleys.

Park officials warned visitors not to go into or even approach rivers in California's Yosemite National Park.

As temperatures rise, the state is expected to further climb out of drought conditions with the melting of the snowpack.

The Merced River, which runs through Yosemite National Park, is bound to overflow following California's record snowfall.

The river could flood as California's record snowpack melts amid warming temperatures.

Major flooding last week in southeast Florida led to fuel shortages at nearly 60 percent of gas stations for a number of days.

NASA images reveal just how massive this year's snowpack in the Sierra Nevada is, compared with previous years.

Record-breaking rainfall in Broward County, Florida, last week continues to require cleanup efforts as gas prices climb statewide.

Utah, along with much of the southwest, has seen an influx of wet weather recently, drastically improving the state's drought status.

Trump supporters criticized DeSantis, Florida's GOP governor and a likely presidential candidate, for going to Ohio despite extreme weather in his state.

Owens Lake, 220 miles north of Los Angeles, has been drying out since 1913, when its source, the Owens River, was rerouted into the Los Angeles Aqueduct.

The floating, rotting fish are being removed using large nets, scooping the pungent carcasses from the surface of the river.

Two atmospheric river systems have hit California in quick succession, leading to massive amounts of snowfall in the mountains and flooding in lower areas.

The fish including bony bream, Murray cod, golden perch, silver perch and carp are thought to have died due to low oxygen levels.

Forty-four percent of the U.S. will be at risk of some degree of flooding between March and May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.

The area of California that is drought-free jumped up from 26.84 to 44.66 percent over the course of the last week alone.

The storm could bring hurricane force winds, rain, snow, flooding and widespread power outages to the Northeast.

The snowpack in the Southern Sierras is now at 257 percent of the average level for March 12.