Stories have a set up that tells what is about to happen. They usually have a long struggle. Then the story comes to a climax, followed by the resolution. Event scene - Flood waters damaging land, businesses under water, homes being swept away. Climax scene - land is devastated and desolate.
People are in homeless shelters, children are crying, people are upset.
Resolution scene - government agrees to move people into new homes and communities. Opening scene - a political leader is charged with embezzeling funds from his district. Poverty - people could use the money for their community. Event scene - prosecutors struggle to get evidence, trial proceedings during which prosecutors struggle to present enough evidence. Climax scene - politician is convicted.