Erromango Island, where many of the trees were ripped from the ground due to the brute force winds of Cyclone Pam. This has created huge amounts of soil erosion and land slides creating devastation to homes and farm land. Extreme weather events, such as Cyclone Pam, threaten to become the new normal for Pacific island states as the global climate changes, underscoring the urgency to cut global emissions to avert a climate crisis.