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5 days ago
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From Friendly's server to company owner: How Brix Holdings' new leader draws on his roots
You can find original article here Nrn. Subscribe to our free daily Nrn newsletter. What propels someone from serving breakfast at Friendly's to owning the entire company? For Amol Kohli, now owner of Friendly's parent company Brix Holdings through his investment group Legacy Brands International, the long journey required patience, hard work, and good timing. Kohli comes from a first-generation Indian-American immigrant family and said he was taught the value of hard work at a young age. As a teenager, one of his first jobs was working as a breakfast shift waiter at his local Friendly's on the weekends, where by age 18 he had worked his way up to store manager. Kohli went to business school at Drexel University during a time of economic downturn, and while in school, he received a call from his boss at Friendly's who was acquiring stores and wanted help running the back office. 'When the time came to graduate college, I came out with high marks in finance, and now I had three to four years of experience on the restaurant administrative side,' Kohli said. 'I came to the fork in the road and stuck with what was working. So, when the opportunity came for me to apply to franchise in my early 20s, I did it. … This whole thing has just been a natural evolution.' By 2018, Kohli was the youngest franchisee in the Friendly's system. But as his career as a multi-unit franchisee developed, Kohli had no idea it would lead to ownership of the entire company. 'I realized after becoming a father that there was such a love for Friendly's as a familiar brand,' he said. 'I was able to experience the brand like I never had before in my life. I don't care how many business books you read, you cannot experience interfacing with a decently run Friendly's as a parent until you go to one. And I kept thinking, 'Families need this. We can do better.' … Once I got to 20-30 units, it gave me a voice in the company, but there was no guarantee [the acquisition] was going to happen.' Kohli is developing a strategic plan for Brix Holdings, which, besides Friendly's, also owns Clean Juice, Orange Leaf, Red Mango, Smoothie Factory + Kitchen, Souper Salad, and Humble Donut Co., which includes franchisee success and smart development. 'We're not here to make sharp turns,' he said. 'Let's grow responsibly. My No. 1 priority is for people to know that franchising is a real career path, and not just for millionaires. … We want to build a platform that allows that visibility, exposure, and moderate comfort to those who are looking to be a part of this space.' For Kohli, responsible growth starts with infilling regional markets and then identifying the right new markets for the Brix brands, many of which are not well-known outside of their home states and cities. While he does not want to give specific store growth goals, Kohli said that it makes sense to take things '25 stores at a time.' 'One of the things I love about Brix is that most of the brands are regional but have demonstrated proof of market in other markets,' he said. 'We want to infill the East Coast with Clean Juice and Friendly's, and I think Texas would be a great market to get into. … I think a lot of these brands can be in many neighborhoods throughout the country, but I don't have a hard unit number yet.' Besides development, Kohli wants to focus on preserving the legacy of Brix Holdings' regional brands, particularly Friendly's, while also modernizing them. Friendly's recently began revamping its tech stack, including the launch of a new mobile app through Lunchbox, AI testing, and business intelligence investment. He is also open to acquiring more brands in the future. 'Our No. 1 focus is to continue making sure what we have is good and stays good,' Kohli said. 'Then, as we look to onboard [more brands], we have to think if it strategically makes sense, not just from a dollars perspective, but from an operational one. There's no specific hunt to go spend and acquire in the next six months, but [acquisitions] are definitely in our target range.' Contact Joanna at Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
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5 days ago
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What is the Pacific Ring of Fire?
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Ring of Fire is an enormous belt of active and dormant volcanoes that surrounds most of the Pacific Ocean. It runs from southern Chile, up the west coast of the Americas, through the islands off Alaska and down Japan to the Philippines. Some geologists also include an Indonesian chain of volcanoes in the ring. These volcanoes arise because of subduction — the movement of a tectonic plate under a neighboring plate — which lowers the melting point of rock in the mantle. The rock turns to magma, rises to the surface and erupts as a volcano. But the Ring of Fire does this subduction on a massive scale. "What's special about the Ring of Fire is that multiple oceanic plates in the Pacific have subduction boundaries there," Loÿc Vanderkluysen, a volcanologist at Drexel University in Philadelphia, told Live Science. About 90% of the 34,000 miles (55,000 kilometers) of subduction plate boundaries on Earth are found in the Pacific, Vanderkluysen explained. This tectonic movement also causes earthquakes. When one plate is forced underneath another, "there's lots of kicking and screaming as the plates grind against one another," Jeffrey Karson, a professor emeritus of tectonics at Syracuse University in New York, told Live Science. "And so that's where the biggest earthquakes on our planet take place." The Ring of Fire contains about 75% of Earth's active volcanoes and is where 90% of measured earthquakes occur. What's in a name? The name Ring of Fire is hotly contested among researchers. "Many scientists hate the term," Vanderkluysen said. For one, it's not actually a complete ring. The volcanoes follow the edges of tectonic plates, which only subduct on the north, east and west of the Pacific. Also, some areas of the ring have no volcanism at all, such as Peru and central Chile. In addition, the Ring of Fire includes more than 450 volcanoes in distinct regions. And they all differ in their magma production, storage and the positioning of their subducting plate, Vanderkluysen said. "Each [volcano] has its own individual history and flavor that, from a research perspective, is more effective to study individually rather than trying to link all the Ring of Fire volcanoes together that are otherwise not geologically linked," he said. Related: Sleeping subduction zone could awaken and form a new 'Ring of Fire' that swallows the Atlantic Ocean Some experts believe that the term has taken on a false meaning in popular culture, with the implication that it's one big structure, Erik Klemetti, a volcanologist at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, told Live Science. "It works nicely as a way to describe the fact that there are an awful lot of volcanoes along the edge of the Pacific," he said, but the ring is just "a geographic coincidence of our current moment on Earth." One big misconception is "the catastrophist notion that all volcanoes in the Ring of Fire are interconnected and that an eruption or earthquake in one location can trigger the whole region with dramatic consequences," Vanderkluysen said. While it's clear to scientists that an eruption in Japan will not trigger an eruption in Chile, for example, the term is sometimes used to suggest that it's possible, he said. "An immense natural laboratory for volcanism" Research into the Ring of Fire spreads across many fields. About two-thirds of the volcanoes that have erupted on Earth since 1960 were in the ring, so "just due to sheer numbers, the Pacific region is an immense natural laboratory for volcanism, and explosive volcanism in particular," Vanderkluysen said. Volcanologists can use data from the ring to learn about the various eruptions that happen there. "Some are steady and erupt without massive build-ups, and others erupt sporadically but catastrophically," Robert Butler, who studies plate tectonics at the University of Aberdeen, told Live Science in an email. The different kinds of plate interactions in the Pacific serve as "test beds" for learning what leads to different types of eruptions, Klemetti explained. Klemetti hopes Ring of Fire research will eventually reveal the inner workings of volcanoes that take place miles below sea level. In the next 10 or 20 years, he thinks scientists can learn about where and how magma is stored between eruptions, how long it takes for magma to heat up and understand more about the transition from dormancy to eruption. Seismologists also study the Ring of Fire, as more than 80% of earthquakes with a magnitude of 8.0 or higher have occurred there. Researchers can investigate quakes in the Ring of Fire to learn more about how the stress builds up in subduction zones before powerful earthquakes, Butler said. The vast amount of data helps scientists differentiate between types of extreme events and their causes. "It's a general problem we need to sort in geology, the differences between frequent, not too serious events, and those that occur infrequently but are super-devastating," Butler said. RELATED STORIES —The lost continent of Zealandia hides clues to the Ring of Fire's birth —Japan's Explosive Geology Explained —Russia's tallest volcano spews out 1,000-mile-long river of smoke after giant eruption, satellite images reveal Analyzing volcanoes and earthquakes in the Ring of Fire can help scientists to improve extreme hazard prediction for volcanic eruptions. Scientists estimate that 800 million people — about 10% of the world's population — live within 62 miles (100 kilometers) of an active volcano. "In the future, there will be large volcanic eruptions that might happen close to population centers and might have impacts at the global scale," Marc-Antoine Longpré, a volcanologist at CUNY Graduate Center, told Live Science. Earthquakes in the ring, and resulting tsunamis, are also of great concern. Researchers could use earthquake data from the Ring of Fire to develop early warning systems or forecasting tools, Vanderkluysen said. US volcano quiz: How many can you name in 10 minutes? Solve the daily Crossword
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6 days ago
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New Data Analyses from Groundbreaking Pivotal Bridge to HOPE Clinical Trial Demonstrate Statistically Significant Clinical, Economic and Immunomodulatory Advantages in Liver Transplantation
Presentations showcased at World Transplant Congress in San Francisco demonstrate HOPE reduces the cost of liver transplantation by shortening the index hospitalization and decreasing late complications HOPE was associated with significantly less severe organ rejection and a significantly lower risk of steroid resistant organ rejection CHICAGO, Aug. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the unveiling of 12-month follow-up results from the pivotal Bridge to HOPE trial during the World Transplant Congress (WTC) 2025 Plenary Session, additional analyses of the data demonstrate that Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion (HOPE), in conjunction with the VitaSmartTM Perfusion System, can provide significant cost-savings for hospital systems without compromising quality of care, and reduce the severity of organ rejection, including steroid resistant rejection. The results of these analyses were presented in oral abstract sessions by David Axelrod, MD, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, OH ("Economic Assessment of Hypothermic Oxygenated Machine Perfusion in Liver Transplantation") and David J. Reich, MD, FACS, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA ("Decreased Rejection Severity with Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion: Sub Analysis from a Pivotal Multicenter Trial of HOPE for Liver Transplantation"). The data were part of the 12-month follow-up study of the Bridge to Life Ltd. Bridge to Hope clinical trial (HOPE with VitaSmartTM Machine Perfusion System). "Building on the 12‑month follow‑up Bridge to HOPE clinical trial data presented in the Plenary Session, these additional analyses further strengthen the evidence for the value that HOPE used with the VitaSmart™ Perfusion System brings to the transplant community," said Don Webber, CEO and President of Bridge to Life Ltd., sponsor of the Bridge to HOPE clinical trial. "Bridge to Life is committed to partnering with Transplant Centers, Organ Procurement Organizations, and Hospitals to lower total cost of care while delivering the highest‑quality patient outcomes—by shortening hospital stays and reducing post‑transplant complications, including the risk of severe and steroid‑resistant rejection. Our broad presence at WTC 2025 underscores our leadership in advancing transplant science." In the economic analysis, compared with standard static cold storage (SCS), liver transplantation using HOPE reduced initial post-liver transplantation hospital length of stay (10.8 vs. 12.9 days), costs associated with biliary complications (20.2% vs. 24.6%), re-transplants (1.8% vs. 4.5%), and death (2.8% vs. 3.6%). Further, HOPE reduced one-year post-transplant costs by an average of $28,565, according to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) data. Researchers concluded that HOPE for a minimum 1.5 hours at the recipient hospital reduced the cost of liver transplantation by shortening the index hospitalization and decreasing late complications. Additional financial benefits may include increased organ utilization, reduced staff overtime, and fewer high Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) transplants. In the review of the organ rejection data, moderate/severe biopsy-proven organ rejection was less common in HOPE than SCS (32% v 67%, p=.033). Ten patients developed steroid resistant organ rejection: one in the HOPE cohort and nine in the SCS group (4% v 43%, p=.003). Researchers concluded that while the prevalence of organ rejection was similar in HOPE and SCS, HOPE was associated with significantly less severe organ rejection and a significantly lower risk of steroid resistant organ rejection. These results highlight the immunomodulatory benefits of HOPE and warrant further research. About Bridge to Life™ LtdBridge to Life™ Ltd is a market leader in organ preservation solutions, offering premier products such as Belzer UW®, EasiSlush® and the VitaSmart™1 Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion System. With a strong focus on product quality, innovation and accessibility, the company serves and partners with leading Transplant Centers and Organ Procurement Organizations globally. 1VitaSmart™ is CE Marked and available for sale in several markets outside of the United States. VitaSmart™ is pending FDA approval in the United States. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Bridge to Life, Ltd. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
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31-07-2025
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EPA research cuts stoke fears over scientific independence
Despite losing an EPA research grant this May, Jane Clougherty feels relatively sanguine about her individual situation. She's not as optimistic about the future of EPA-funded research, though. 'I'm lucky enough to be tenured and secure in my position at the moment,' Clougherty, an environmental health scientist at Drexel University in Philadelphia, said in an interview early this month. But as the Trump administration slashes funding for university-based inquiry, Clougherty said, 'I think a lot of public health schools are going to be in a lot of trouble.' Advertisement Her project, which was examining the combined impact of extreme heat and air pollution and air pollution on children's health in New York state, was one among many axed midstream this spring on the grounds that they no longer meshed with administration priorities. It's part of the piecemeal dismemberment of EPA's science initiatives that has only gathered steam. Earlier this month, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has since confirmed plans to dissolve the agency's Office of Research and Development, which last year had more than 1,500 employees and is described by supporters and former officials as an irreplaceable engine of innovation in fields like chemical safety and the risks posed by pollution exposure. Under the plan, ORD will lay off some researchers through a reduction in force while shunting others to a new Office of Applied Science and Environmental Solutions as well as existing wings of the agency. In all, the restructuring will save almost $750 million, Zeldin said in a news release, adding that the reduction in force (RIF) will ensure that EPA can better fulfill its mission of protecting human health and the environment 'while being responsible stewards' of taxpayer dollars. Apart from that one-page release, EPA has been stingy with details about the plan, which last week encountered its first institutional pushback. In an explanatory report accompanying a draft fiscal 2026 spending bill, members of the Senate Appropriations Committee said they were 'appalled' by the research office's imminent dissolution and demanded an immediate halt to 'all actions related to the closure, reduction, reorganization, or other similar such changes.' Asked this week whether EPA will comply with that directive, press secretary Brigit Hirsch cited 'longstanding practice' in declining to comment on pending legislation. One union leader, however, said the agency appears to be pressing ahead unfazed. 'From what we can see, there has been no change of course inside EPA in response to that language,' said Holly Wilson, president of the American Federation of Government Employees local that represents research office staff who work at the agency's campus in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Hirsch also declined to give the size of the office's current workforce or confirm the number of employees so far reassigned to EPA branches that handle chemical regulation, water protection and other programs. Current and former staffers, however, put the total number of transfers in the hundreds. Some 75 ORD employees have been moved to the Office of Air and Radiation alone, newly installed air chief Aaron Szabo told participants in an introductory town hall meeting Wednesday, according to people familiar with his remarks. 'It seems like they're making sure the program offices get first crack at people, then absorbing some in OASES, then RIF'ing the rest,' said one employee, who was granted anonymity for fear of reprisal. 'Eliminating scientific independence' Research office alums are meanwhile watching in dismay at the dismantling of a scientific hub that took decades to build. 'It is heartbreaking to see what's being proposed and the actions that are being taken,' said Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, who served as a top ORD career staffer before retiring in 2021. 'It's really putting American lives at risk.' Christopher Frey was EPA assistant administrator for research and development under the Biden administration. | Francis Chung/POLITICO | Francis Chung/E&E News 'More than just a research office, ORD is EPA's scientific core, a central hub with spokes reaching into every aspect of public health, technological innovations, and environmental protection,' three former employees wrote in a paper published last month in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences. The breadth of its work is outlined in a series of long-term research strategies last updated in 2022 during President Joe Biden's administration. Among the hundreds of projects listed there: meeting demand for clean water, especially in regions drying out because of climate change; tracking airborne concentrations of the 'forever chemicals,' also known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS; and managing the risks posed by toxic waste sites. Those strategies are scheduled to run until next year. Under President Donald Trump, EPA has so far taken no public steps to revisit them. It also has yet to stand up the Office of Applied Science and Environmental Solutions (OASES), which will be run out of Zeldin's office with the goal of aligning research and putting science 'at the forefront of the agency's rulemakings and technical assistance to states,' according to EPA. Besides two scientists who have since moved on to posts outside of EPA, the paper's authors included Chris Frey, a North Carolina State University environmental engineering professor who headed ORD during much of Biden's administration. In an email exchange, Frey expressed misgivings about the administration's plan to put OASES directly under the EPA chief, saying that step would mingle research and political policy goals, thereby 'eliminating scientific independence.' Sending former ORD scientists to work on water, air and other individual programs, Frey added, 'is highly inefficient administratively, since the science leadership and support that ORD provided would either not convey to those offices or would be wastefully duplicated, inconsistent, and inefficient. ' 'It's about time' Some industry allies, however, have embraced the Trump administration's agenda. Even before Zeldin confirmed the breakup of ORD this month, EPA was shutting down its human studies lab, housed in leased space at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Steve Milloy, a former coal company executive, has criticized EPA's human studies lab. | Heartland Institute/YouTube 'It's about time,' Steve Milloy, publisher of the blog, said in an interview this week. In 2012, Milloy helped bring a federal lawsuit that likened the lab's use of paid volunteers in exploring soot inhalation's health effects to Nazi medical experiments. The suit was thrown out within months on procedural grounds. A review by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine later found a low likelihood of long-term harm to participants and that human studies yielded valuable data not obtainable through other means. While EPA maintains that all of the lab's functions are being transferred to the Research Triangle Park campus, Orme-Zavaleta said the large, mechanically complex chambers where the inhalation research is conducted cannot be moved. The lab's work, she said, is now idled 'and it would take a very long time to get it back up and running.' In a column last month on a conservative website, Milloy hailed the facility's closure as 'a great start' that could further the administration's goal of rolling back key Clean Air Act regulations. A former coal company lobbyist, he dismisses the mainstream scientific consensus that soot — more technically known as fine particulate matter, or PM 2.5 — is a dangerous pollutant that contributes to tens of thousands of deaths and illnesses each year. EPA has relied on that evidence to help justify tougher emission standards on coal-fired power plants and other industries that rely on fossil fuels. 'But EPA's PM2.5 claims were all lies,' Milloy wrote, adding that the Trump administration 'should apply the results of the human experiments controversy to shut down the EPA's many PM2.5-based regulatory abuses.' 'This is a very baffling moment in time,' said Clougherty, the Drexel University scientist who was interviewed at an event organized earlier this month by Democrats on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee to highlight federal grant cuts across a variety of agencies. 'I never would have thought we had to advocate for science.' Asked why she thought the administration was pursuing the research cuts, 'We can't really know something until we look at it carefully,' she said. Clougherty added, 'If we're not doing the science that documents the impacts of climate change or environmental pollution on health, then who's to know it has an effect?'
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Why earthquake in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula is dangerous
An 8.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Russia's Far East Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday (July 30) has set off tsunami warnings in Japan, the United States and other countries across the Pacific Ocean. The peninsula is part of the Ring of Fire, a huge belt of active volcanoes and seismic activity that covers most of the Pacific Ocean read more A powerful wave washes past a building located near the shore, after a powerful earthquake struck off the Kamchatka Peninsula, in Severo-Kurilsk, Sakhalin Region, Russia July 30, 2025 in this screen grab obtained from social media video. Social media via Reuters A massive earthquake hit Russia's remote Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday (July 30), prompting tsunami warnings across the Pacific Ocean. The 8.8 magnitude quake is the strongest to strike the planet since 2011, when a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck northeast Japan, triggering a disastrous tsunami. The latest earthquake, shallow at a depth of 19.3 km, hit about 119 km east-southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, according to the US Geological Survey. The earthquake's epicentre was the Kamchatka Peninsula, which is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD But what is it? We will explain. Catch all the updates on the . What is the Ring of Fire? The Ring of Fire is a huge belt of active and dormant volcanoes that spans most of the Pacific Ocean. It stretches from southern Chile and the US west coast through the islands off Alaska and down Japan to the Philippines. As per National Geographic, around 90 per cent of all earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire. Also, 75 per cent of all active volcanoes on Earth lie along this belt. The ring, shaped like a 40,000-kilometer horseshoe, runs from the boundary of the Pacific Plate to smaller plates such as the Philippine Sea plate to the Cocos and Nazca Plates, dotting the edge of the Pacific Ocean. The Ring of Fire was formed as a result of the shifting of tectonic plates, which are massive slabs of the Earth's crust. These plates constantly move above the mantle, a layer of solid and molten rock below the Earth's crust. Volcanoes are formed along this ring when one plate crashes under another into the mantle – a process called subduction. 'What's special about the Ring of Fire is that multiple oceanic plates in the Pacific have subduction boundaries there,' Loÿc Vanderkluysen, a volcanologist at Drexel University in Philadelphia, told Live Science. The movement of tectonic plates also leads to earthquakes. When one plate is shoved beneath the other, 'there's lots of kicking and screaming as the plates grind against one another. And so that's where the biggest earthquakes on our planet take place,' Jeffrey Karson, a professor emeritus of tectonics at Syracuse University in New York, was quoted as saying by Live Science. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD More than 80 per cent of earthquakes with a magnitude of 8.0 or higher have occurred along the Ring of Fire. Most of the active volcanoes on the Ring of Fire are present in the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, the islands of Japan and Southeast Asia, and New Zealand. Russia earthquake triggers tsunami warnings A tsunami was reported in coastal areas of Russia's Kuril Islands and Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, after an enormous 8.8 magnitude quake struck off Russia's remote and sparsely populated far eastern coast, as per Associated Press (AP). Tsunami warnings have also been issued for Alaska, Hawaii and other coasts south toward New Zealand. A tsunami as high as 3-4 metres occurred in parts of Kamchatka, said Sergei Lebedev, regional minister for emergency situations, urging people to stay clear of coastlines. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, a tsunami with a height of 40 centimetres was recorded in 16 locations. The US Tsunami Warning System also issued a warning of 'hazardous tsunami waves'. China's Ministry of Natural Resources' Tsunami Warning Center has issued alerts for the country's east coast along Shanghai and Zhejiang provinces, predicting waves between 0.3 to 1 meter. Mexico's Navy has forecasted waves of 30 to 100 centimetres (1 to 3.3 feet) on the Mexican Pacific coast. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD The powerful earthquake that hit Russia's Far East was the strongest in over a decade. Helen Janiszewski, Assistant Professor, Geophysics and Tectonics Division at the University of Hawaii told BBC that the quake was among the ten most severe in recorded history. 'Today's earthquake was serious and the strongest in decades of tremors,' Kamchatka Governor Vladimir Solodov said in a video posted on the Telegram messaging app, reported Reuters. Russia also reported two aftershocks of 6.3 and 6.9 magnitudes after the initial quake. Dozens more aftershocks above a 5 magnitude were also witnessed later. Evacuation orders Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency has issued an evacuation advisory to over 900,000 residents in 133 municipalities along Japan's Pacific coast, from Hokkaido to Okinawa. People evacuated are seen on the roof of the fire station building after Japan issued evacuation alert following a major quake in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula that triggered a tsunami warning, in Mukawa Town, Hokkaido, Japan, July 30, 2025. Kyodo via Reuters Sirens were heard in Honolulu after officials in Hawaii ordered an 'immediate evacuation' of large parts of the island Oahu. 'Urgent action should be taken to protect lives and property,' the warning said. Josh Green, the governor of Hawaii, urged people to 'stay calm' and move to 'higher ground' from low-lying areas. Japanese nuclear power plants along the Pacific coast have suspended work. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the company operating the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, said 4,000 workers have been evacuated. The power plant had reported a nuclear meltdown in 2011 after the huge earthquake and tsunami hit Japan. With inputs from agencies
