News coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew from WCIX channel 6 in Miami Florida. August 24, 1992. The news is anchored by John Hambrick and Barbara Sloan. Ms. Sloan was a fixture at WCIX at the time and Mr. Hambrick formerly anchored at WTVJ in Miami and at stations in New York and Cleveland. The station was knocked off the air via channel 6 because their channel 6 transmitter was destroyed during the hurricane but WCIX continued broadcasting on cable and on its UHF repeater station in Ft. Lauderdale. At that time, they broadcast to the northern part of the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale market via channel 27 because they were required to place their Channel 6 transmitter far south of Miami to avoid interference with the channel 6 based in Orlando. After the hurricane, WCIX broadcasted over their own Channel 27, via cable and their newscasts were seen on (then) independent station WDZL channel 39 until the transmitter was rebuilt. (c) 1992 WCIX-TV/CBS Miami- Fort Lauderdale WCIX was an independent station broadcasting on channels 6 and 33 and later 6 and 27. In 1986 WCIX became a FOX affiliate. It became a CBS Owned and Operated station in 1989. In 1995, WCIX swapped channel positions with NBC owned WTVJ and became WFOR channel 4. THIS VIDEO IS FOR HISTORICAL and informational PURPOSES ONLY. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IS INTENDED! (c) 1992 WCIX-TV/CBS Miami- Fort Lauderdale (more)

Hurricane Allen is one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. Allen reached Category Five intensity three times during it’s life-cycle, first in the Eastern Caribbean, then in the Yucatan Channel where a minimum pressure of 899mb (26.55in) was recorded, and finally in the western Gulf of Mexico. I was able to document huge surf along the north coast of Jamaica as Allen passed just north of the island on August 6th, 1980 and then again on August 10th as the hurricane made landfall near Brownsville, Texas as a Category Three with sustained winds of 120-125mph and a central pressure of 945mb (27.91in) (more) (more)