The film begins on 23 August 1992 with the top-secret weather experiment led by Air Force 
General James Roberts (Martin Sheen) off the coast of Florida. 
The team uses a specially modified cargo plane to launch a special generator into the 
developing storm to enhance its power. 
As the plane is destroyed by a lightning strike, the control of the experiment is lost and 
within a few hours the storm develops into the hurricane Andrew which devastates Miami. 
The details about the experiments are buried after the disaster