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.

A coastal low will soak the Northeast through the weekend with chilly rain, gusty winds and even some snow in higher elevations. 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, DC. Here’s your weekend timeline.

A break in severe storms continues across the Lower 48 thanks to a jet stream setup that favors high pressure in the West and limited Gulf moisture. That has left much of the central and eastern U.S. quiet. While showers and storms are possible over the next week, widespread severe weather looks unlikely. However, long-range models hint at a pattern shift that could bring stormier conditions back into the picture.

Falling trees are a deadly, undercounted cause of death. They can happen for many reasons, including during active weather that produces high winds or tornadoes, during flooding, or when soil is saturated from rain. In this case, a driver near Philadelphia in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, narrowly escaped when a giant tree fell right on top of her vehicle.

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.