On March 5, 2025, in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, @.jenbennett shared a video of massive waves crashing toward the coast. In the video, the author walks near the shore as people observe the towering waves brought by Cyclone Alfred.

Millions of residents along Australia’s eastern coast are bracing for the arrival of a very slow-moving storm, the most southerly tropical cyclone to threaten the region in more than 50 years.