Celebrities Send Love and Prayers to Japan Over Twitter
With news breaking out all over the world covering the 8.9 earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the Pacific, celebrities jumped on their Twitter accounts to send their love and prayers to Japan. Trending topics worldwide include #prayforjapan, #tsunami, Text REDCROSS, and the names of affected areas. Many encouraged their followers to make donations via text to the Red Cross and even our President tweeted updates about the US involvement.
Check out what celebrities tweeted about the tragedy:
Derek Hough @OfficialDHough: The speed and mass of water and debris destroying anything in it's path is unbelievable to see ... It's hard to comprehend ..
Kim Kardashian @KimKardashian: Seeing all of this footage in Japan is devastating! Please help the people of Japan by texting REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation
Lauren Conrad @LaurenConrad: Wow. I'm reading about the earthquake in Japan. So sad!! #prayforjapan
Conan O'Brien @ConanOBrien: Japan needs our help. Go here to donate to @redcross disaster relief: http://bit.ly/eZJDoJ
Ellen DeGeneres: @TheEllenShow: I’m watching all this news of the tsunami in Japan. It breaks my heart. My thoughts go out to everyone affected.
Chris Colfer @chriscolfer: My thoughts and prayers are with the people in Japan! Text REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10 to Japan's emergency relief!
Justin Bieber @justinbieber: Japan is one of my favorite places on earth...it's an incredible culture with amazing people. My prayers go out to them. We all need to help
Giuliana Rancic @GiulianaRancic
Help victims by texting the words REDCROSS to 90999. $10 will be donated to the relief efforts. Please RT!
Dianna Agron @alittlelamb: Waking up to this sad news. My heart goes out to Japan. This is devastating.
Ryan Seacrest @RyanSeacrest: Hearing @RedCross has sent 11 response teams to Japan -- to help u can donate $10 by texting REDCROSS to 90999.
Erin Andrews @ErinAndrews: Praying for those in Japan, our west coast, and everyone else dealing w/ the quake & tsunami..
John Stamos @JohnStamos: praying for japan. http://tinyurl.com/4gstpx6
Barack Obama @BarackObama: I have instructed FEMA to be ready to assist Hawaii and the rest of the U.S. states & territories that could be affected. http://m.fema.gov
Sending condolences to the people of Japan, particularly those who lost loved ones in the earthquake & tsunamis. U.S. stands ready to help.
Channing Tatum @channingtatum: All the love and care and support to Japan and anyone else affected by our horrible news today.
Anderson Cooper @andersoncooper: Watching japan quake coverage on cnn right now. Terrible
I had my bag packed for #Libya today but am now going to #Japan instead. We will still cover both on #ac360 10 pm