Sendai, Japan after the earthquake. Image by US Navy Imagery

As you’ve probably already heard, Japan suffered a massive earthquake and tsunami on Friday. The death toll is in the hundreds, thousands are displaced and several nuclear reactors might have a meltdown. And as if that weren’t enough, a volcano in Southern Japan started erupting yesterday.

On top of all that, some people on Twitter and Facebook have been posting that the tsunami was payback for Pearl Harbor. Thankfully, the statements were quickly denounced by others, who pointed out that the U.S. wasn’t exactly innocent, seeing as how the country dropped two nukes on Japan in the 1940s.

That’s a lot of bad news, but please don’t feel discouraged because there are things that you can do. If you’re interested in helping out any way you can, here is a list of ways you can do exactly that.