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.

A storm system that’s just getting started is pounding Southern California with heavy rain and dangerous wind gusts. Drivers across Los Angeles found themselves trapped in flash floods, and some highways were cut off by mud and debris slides. But that’s not the only danger residents are facing.

A first round of heavy rain and mountain snow blanketed California Sunday and Monday. There's still more to come through Thursday. Here are the latest reports and forecast.

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.