Contemporary history 1-13-11

Teresopolis, Brazil
They said it was like a tsunami in Brazil. The weather was so treacherous that the rescue teams called it quits on thursday and started back in on the search Friday. There over 500 hundred people dead. They said there was boulders flying of the hill sides and crushing cars and houses.
What is behind all of the bizarre weather?
Tony Barnston is the lead researcher at Columbia's International Research Center.
They said that the reason is the La Nina is contributing to all the bad weather. The water temperature has dropped in the eastern and central tropical oceans. They said that it will last until spring.

What is killing the pacific salmon?

They said their something that is killing the pacific salmon. They travel from the pacific to a Canada river. They think that the salmon might be eating a huge amount of human materials. But they are not sure what is killing.