With Milton almost one week in the rearview mirror, its lessons are coming into focus. Here are four. Ahead of Hurricane Milton, Tampa Mayor Jane Castor was as blunt as she’s ever been. “If you choose to stay in one of those evacuation areas, you’re going to die,” she told a CNN anchor in comments that quickly went viral.

One of the biggest stories from Hurricane Milton was its tornadoes, all of which occurred before landfall. Although some tornado records were broken and despite dozens of tornado reports, the storm didn't make it into the top five hurricane-spawned tornado outbreaks in history.

At least two of the three clips circulated on the internet before Hurricane Milton. One of these appears to be digitally created.