1.   Consider the time he took a group of visitors to his Texas ranch across a river in a fierce rainstorm.

2.   The Raiders and other guests spent nearly three hours bathed in darkness, while a fierce rainstorm swirled outside.

3.   Fierce rainstorms battered a poor neighborhood in this popular Pacific coast resort, killing at least six people and leaving hundreds homeless, authorities and reports said Saturday.

4.   Fierce rainstorms pelted parts of Italy early Saturday, flooding parts of Naples and leaving at least one person dead and three people injured, officials said Saturday.

5.   The jet had changed course to try to avoid a fierce rainstorm.

6.   The residents of Huangshan, Xuancheng and Chizhou were cut off by rising flood levels after fierce rainstorms hit the region in late June, Xinhua said.

7.   Preparations for the unprecedented gathering were under way Saturday as a fierce rainstorm hit New York, delaying the arrival of many flights.