TikTok was the best place to tune into Hurricane Milton coverage — even if its algorithm focuses on the villains

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As Hurricane Milton approached Florida this week, my TikTok "For You" Page was full of videos of people battening down windows, piling up sandbags, and livestreaming their surroundings as the weather grew more ominous by the hour. As night fell and power outages swept the coast, I watched live streams of palm trees swaying in the dark rain.