As floodwaters swallowed the Tennessee landscape following record-breaking storms, footage shows one lone home standing high and dry - surrounded by water but untouched. The secret? A family-built levee system they’ve been perfecting for years, bracing for moments just like this.

While warmer weather is right around the corner, there is also the threat of severe weather Monday stretching from Louisville through Columbus, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. With many traveling this holiday week, the weather is something to keep an eye on. This system will then track eastward Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing rain and storms, with a bit of snow in higher elevations, to the Northeast and mid-Atlantic. Time it out here.

We don’t know if a tortoise can really smile but it sure looks like Myrtle, a pet tortoise, is overjoyed to be back with its family after surviving a tornado in Tylertown, Mississippi. Watch this video to learn about how it was lost, found and reunited with its family.

Nothing can ruin a beach trip faster than getting sick after a swim or a walk along the shore. Watch this video to get the scoop on four of the scary germs you can encounter at the ocean or lake, and how you can protect yourself.

Hurricane season officially begins June 1, and just like every year there are 21 names available for use. In the rare chance all names are exhausted, a supplemental list will be tapped.