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Major generating capability and controls the water of the euphrates river. this will be a big blow to isis and is yet one more step in what the coalition has to do to isolate them so they can finally kick them out of iraq and syria. everybody's been focussed on what's going on in ramadi, what has to happen in mosul, but this is also a key piece of the puzzle. >> could be a key blow to their so-called capital. the same group of rebels is claiming other victories in northern syria as well. they say they took over more than eight villages since friday night. there is a new audio message, purporte...

Intelligence on the number of fighters still waiting it out. we have heard there were 300 to 500 isis fighters willing to fight to the death. >> while you're speaking we see images as they try to secure that city. but as the fighting continues, there are civilians in the middle of this. talk to us about the civilians caught up in the crossfire. how are they faring, given what's happening. >> reporter: as you see in the video, heavy fighting which would be extremely dangerous for civilian families. many who were not allowed to leave, inevitably to be used as human shields. they were given oppor...

People handling the situation out there, just how traumatizing this loss is on people who have lost everything. >> choked up about it, understandably. just really wanted to just sort of look and take it in and really all you can do is try and support them. we won't be letting people back in. we won't be able to if it's not safe to. >> and that just goes back, george, to what i was saying earlier, that this blaze could flare up at any moment. the amount of land that it has scorched is huge at this stage. and we can only hope that the conditions are more favorable in the days to come. and the wa...

Fight there in ramadi? i understand that they are trying to secure another district there. >> reporter: yes, we believe that they have secured another district, the al huz district. they're about 500 meters away from this crucial isis-controlled government compound that when they gain control of that is when we believe they will really start advancing and securing other parts of the city. but that's really the main focus and has been the main focus of this push. they have killed one isis fighter, a high-level isis militant in an airstrike. they've also, according to iraqi security forces, jo j...

Israel. there have been arrests of people trying to join isis or spread isis propaganda, but the numbers are fairly small. what's interesting about this message is what's not in it. he makes no reference to attacks in paris or the downing of the plane. it opens up some questions about when this message was recorded. still ahead, an update on severe flooding and damage across southern states of the u.s. plus heavy rain in england on boxing day, forcing hundreds of people from their homes. live from atlanta this hour, you are watching cnn worldwide.