Alaska couple reunited with cat 26 days after home collapsed into swollen river

Leo the cat has been reunited with his owners (Elizabeth Wilkins via AP)

A pair of Alaska teachers needed good news after they lost nearly all their possessions when their house collapsed into a swollen river and their cat went missing.

Elizabeth Wilkins was holding on to hope that if any animal would survive the house falling into the Mendenhall River on August 5 it would be Leo, the couple’s resilient big-eyed, black-and-white cat who shows no fear of bears.