is dealing with the weather phenomenon known as el nino and are dying because of unusual warm water and mary ann sanchez has the report. >> reporter: they are going to ocean depths and disappearing and food for the pelicans and other species and el nino is felt here at this port and returned to see what it little he could get. >> translator: fish running away from the warm current and it's not good for us. >> reporter: the ocean current has been changing the eco system since march and heavy rains after november to effect cities and farming areas and 1.2 million people are at risk. >> translator: we still don't know 100% el nino phenomenon will be extraordinary but our comparative data tell uss it will between strong and extraordinary. >> reporter: to understand the magnitude of the phenomenon in 1997 the river rose so much it destroyed the bridge behind me. it left more than 3 1/2 billion