Video captured on Efate Island showed some of the forest destruction left behind on Sunday 5 March after Cyclone Kevin hit Vanuatu. The storm blasted Vanuatu on Friday night into Saturday morning (4 March), beginning as a Category 3 before strengthening to Category 4. By terrible coincidence, it followed a 6.5 magnitude quake on Friday and a category four cyclone, Judy, the day before that. The Pacific nation of Vanuatu has declared a state of emergency.