Huge waves lashed beachgoers on the Gold Coast, Queensland, as Cyclone Alfred approached Australia’s east coast on Wednesday, March 5.Footage filmed by Instagram user @katrelf shows large swells saturating onlookers at Snapper Rocks,

Officials have described Alfred as a "very rare event" for Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, which was last hit by a cyclone more than half a century ago in 1974. The city of a