The latest disqualifications at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics is turning the race for gold into a global wake-up call about pollution on the world’s biggest stage.

As a snowstorm transformed parts of the New England coast and kept people inside, a lone coyote got out to explore. It took advantage of a frozen harbor, trekking across the icy landscape, captured on video that looks like it was pulled from a wildlife documentary, until you see just how close it was to homes.

Mother Nature is clearly confused as high temperatures could end up a good 20-40 degrees above average across the Plains and Midwest Tuesday and Wednesday. Omaha could reach the 70s Tuesday with Chicago forecast to climb into the 60s on Wednesday. The core of the warmth shifts east to the Ohio Valley and Southeast Thursday and Friday, allowing places like Atlanta and Nashville to get close to 80 degrees. Watch this video to see the warmth move across the country.

An active pattern will be setting up across the West this week, bringing several rounds of snow to the Rockies and Great Basin. The first round moves on Tuesday with more snow expected Wednesday into Thursday. Several inches of snow will be possible in Salt Lake City with 1-3 feet possible across higher elevations. Watch this for your latest hour-by-hour forecast.

February is among the four least tornadic months, on average, but that doesn't mean they don't occur. Read on to learn where are they are most common and why.