Hurricane Milton: Fact-checking videos claiming to show scenes from the storm

Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida as a Category 3 storm on Oct. 9, bringing powerful winds, heavy rain and tornadoes to the Gulf Coast, including communities already battered by deadly Hurricane Helene.

Numerous social media posts claim to show shocking storm videos.

One video, shared multiple times on X and YouTube, shows a compilation of destructive tornadoes. The text over the video states it shows clips taken on Oct. 9. The Daily Mirror, a British tabloid, also shared an image from the video on its website about Hurricane Milton.

Another compilation video with over two million views on TikTok shows dramatic clouds and dark skies allegedly from Milton. VERIFY readers, including Tasha, texted and asked if this video is really from Hurricane Milton.

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