This book follows the environmental events leading up to this major eruption and details the dramatic changes that occurred to the surrounding landscape within seconds of the explosion.

Hurricane Andrew reviews the environmental conditions that conspire to cause a hurricane, the special mix of weather patterns that caused Hurricane Andrew to grow with such force in August 1992, and the cost of the disaster in human life and property damage.

Using newly declassified documents, this book explores why U.S. military leaders after World War II sought to monitor the far north and understand the physical environment of Greenland, a crucial territory of Denmark.