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5 Years Later: Revisiting Flooded Neighborhood, Residents Rescued By SWAT Teams

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Despite recent beautiful weather, the scene was completely different in Middle Tennessee five years ago.

The thousand-year flood hit in a way no one had ever seen before. Homes were swamped, there were water rescues, and sadly some people died.

The flood caused more than $2 billion in property damage in Nashville alone.

NewsChannel 5's Nick Beres went back to one neighborhood that experienced such bad flooding, the city sent in the SWAT teams for rescues.

Click here to view photos from the floods of 2010.