18/01/2016 Newsround

Good morning, Ricky here live on CBBC.

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Coming up this hour:

The rescue dogs helping to sniff out danger,

and turtle-cam - we take a look at the camera being used

to help these creatures.

People living in the north of Scotland are trying

to rebuild their lives after massive floods devastated homes,

businesses and schools.

Martin has been to one of the worst-affected areas to see

how people there are coping.

Finally, the locals here in the small village of Braemar

in northeast Scotland had something to cheer about.

The Invercauld Bridge has been reopened.

It may not seem like a big deal, but just a few weeks ago,

everyone living here got a bit of a shock.

December was the wettest month ever recorded in Scotland.

Constant, heavy rain caused the River Dee to burst its banks.

This was the damage left behind.

These vehicles passing me right now are amongst the first to go over

the bridge since it was closed.

It's not a surprise that it's the people who have been

the worst affected by the floods here.

Before the floods we got one bus, it took an hour to get to school.

We've had to get three buses in the morning and we've had to walk

round instead of going over the bridge that we usually go over.

It's kind of exciting to see the water that high,

but after you actually realise the power of water.

It's quite dangerous.

While the party is well and truly underway in Braemar,

people living in Ballater, just 16 miles down the road,

are still living without homes.

So is this really a time for celebration?

Just because we're celebrating an opening of the bridge,

doesn't mean to say we're not still working really hard to help

people in other parts.

There's an awful lot of work to do and we're doing it

as quickly as we can.

I've decided to meet some kids in the worst-hit areas to see

how they're coping.

I was in my bed when it happened.

You could see down the bottom to the caravan park,

and you could see caravans going past.

It was quite scary.

One of my friends lives across from the River Dee.

His house was completely flooded and he had to get airlifted.

Everyone has been supportive of one another, and people

who weren't affected have given up a lot of their stuff.

There was a big tent full of food that flood victims could just

go and take as much as they needed.

We went there a few times.

People have been very helpful.

We see a lot of people moving stuff out their houses,

or just being helped by people.

It's good to see people come together

and help each other.

To Mexico in North America, and the Colima volcano has

erupted once again.

Ash was thrown nearly 3000 metres into the air.

People living nearby did not have leave their homes this time.

It's also called the fire volcano and it's been very active

in the past few months.

Next up, rescue dogs are a big help to police forces around the UK.

When a person goes missing they're a key part of the search efforts.

Ayshah's been finding out about the important role they play.

When someone goes missing in the UK, a whole team of people

are standing by to help.

Helicopters scan the ground, police officers go out on foot,

and there's another special team to help the police.

This team of rescue dogs in Sussex aren't

members of the emergency services, they're just normal pooches.

They have been specially trained to use

their noses and instincts to find people who need help.

The dogs and their owners are on call 24 hours a day

to rescue anyone in trouble.

On average, they get sent out twice a month.

And it's not just in Sussex, there are other teams like this

all over the UK.

Once I put her coat on and give her the command to go find,

she'll run off and use her nose and find

any human scent in the area.

Any pup can volunteer to join the team, and there are special

beginners' training courses every year.

The dogs are very, very good at what they do,

they can cover the areas quickly.

These helpful hounds are making a big difference

in their communities.

And have really earned their status as man's best friend.

For the first time, conservationists in Africa have used a special

"turtle-cam" to show the release of the animal back into the sea,

live on the internet.

The Local Ocean Trust in the town of Watamu in Kenya cares

for sea turtles who have been trapped and injured in fishing nets.

The underwater camera footage is being used to help the team see

how well the turtles have recovered.

Take a look at this tiny baby penguin born at a zoo in America.

The pygmy blue penguin is only a few days old and was shown off

at Cinicinnati Zoo in Ohio.

The ball of brown fuzz is being cared for and fed

by staff at the zoo.

It's too young to know whether it's a boy or a girl.

This is Bowie.

Bowie is just a couple of days old.

Just now starting to open his or her eyes -

we don't know if it's a boy or girl yet.

But it is a little penguin, the smallest penguin species

on the planet.

And we are lucky enough to have the largest

colony in North America of these guys.

We've been pretty lucky and doing pretty good with these guys

as a whole, as a species.

A group of dogs and their owners have stretched and twisted their way

to a new world record in China.

The 270 pets were taking part in the dog yoga,

or "doga", session in Hong Kong, which lasted for an hour.

The previous record was 265 dogs, set last year in San Diego, USA.

That's all from me this morning.

Head over to the Newsround website to see a squirrel diving into snow -

it's really funny.

Newsround's back this afternoon at 4:20pm with Jenny.