Narrative Chronicle Example

The narrative chronicle It is the chronicle that is made by relating the facts and situations concerning a series of events related, narrated according to the order in which they happened, making a detailed account of the themselves.

The narrative chronicle It is used in reports and summaries of activities, excursions, visits to institutions, and seminars, in which a list of the scheduled activities, the facts and events in the order they were carried out, narrating the way in which they developed and explaining details of each one of them.

This type of chronicle is widely used in journalism, being one of the main types of chronicle of the different newspapers and some audiovisual newscasts, disclosing narratives of events, facts and situations that happen during various periods (hours or days), as well as their nuances in a way detailed.

Example of a narrative chronicle:

La Esmeralda is a small mining town located in the state of Zacatecas, near the border with the state of Michoacán. Its mining tradition dates back to Colonial times.

On July 27 of last year, a day when everything seemed calm, as it was a sunny day and even one of the hottest of the year, the strongest storm of the year was unleashed, so strong that according to the local residents, no similar storm had been seen in twenty years. This storm caused the “Las Esmeraldas” river to overflow, causing the flooding of a large part of the town.

Neighbors had to leave their homes quickly, even in the torrential rain that was pouring down on them. They escaped in makeshift boats and took refuge on the roofs of the highest houses and in the surrounding buildings, while they watched as all their belongings were washed away. The worst happened when the Mina de La Esmeralda hill, which gives its name to the town and the river, was broke apart causing a barrage of mud and stones that buried several houses in the early morning of the day 28. The landslide occurred in the same area where the municipal government had established a shelter for possible floods, and where a large number of citizens who took refuge from the flood, perished under the avalanche, and others are still missing.

As the days went by, the dimension of the catastrophe became known in more detail. 30 dead and more than 20 disappeared were counted; More than three thousand homes were seriously affected, of which around one hundred houses were completely destroyed by the force of the water, and another 50 were buried under the hill.

While government aid arrived in a timely manner during the first hours of the disaster, the size of the devastation was so great that medical and food aid began to run out three days after the storm, causing the residents to began to riot and assault humanitarian aid trucks, prompting the government to use public force to put order.

A month after the tragedy, the situation of the victims began to improve, who lived in makeshift camps, in schools and in public parks. Little by little they began to return and rebuild their homes, those who still had a home in acceptable condition.

The government demolished the buildings that it considered dangerous to inhabit, due to the structural damage they had, despite the protests of the owners. These people were transferred to another temporary camp, where they remained for three more months. Meanwhile, the government prepared a support plan by which it provided employment to the inhabitants in the construction of new houses, where, six months ago, in an official ceremony, all the inhabitants who had lived in camps.

At present, when passing through that place, the vestiges of that flood are barely seen. In the part of the hill that broke away, the undergrowth covers the entire area, avoiding seeing the rubble that remains in that place, the new houses do not reveal the wounds left by the tragedy; However, its inhabitants still carry the memory of their countrymen who perished, the hope of finding who are still missing, but above all, raise their heads proud of having managed to rebuild their lifetime.