Juneau couple reunited with cat 26 days after their home collapsed during record flooding
Elizabeth Wilkins was holding onto hope that if any animal would survive the house falling into the Mendenhall River, it would be Leo, the couple's...
Elizabeth Wilkins was holding onto hope that if any animal would survive the house falling into the Mendenhall River, it would be Leo, the couple's resilient big-eyed, black-and-white cat. In this photo provided by Elizabeth Wilkins, she is shown with her cat Leo on Aug. 3, 2023, in Juneau, Alaska. Wilkins and her partner Tom Schwartz, were reunited with Leo 26 days after their home collapsed into the swollen Mendenhall River Aug. 5, 2023, in Juneau, Alaska. (Elizabeth Wilkins via AP) collapsed into a river swollen by a glacial-outburst flood Elizabeth Wilkins was holding onto hope that if any animal would survive the house falling into the Mendenhall River on Aug.