1. Check with the people you know in the affected areas and see if there is an immediate help you can offer.
2. In most cases, victims need a place to keep warm, or take a hot shower, or charge devices. Make room for them in your place to able to accommodate them.
3. Donate through text message. Normally, community service groups such as the American Red Cross have telethons that gather funds to help disaster victims.
4. Be a blood donor. Your blood can save another life. Go to a local blood donation center and donate your precious blood.
5. Volunteer your time or professional skills to help victims. Doctors, counselors, and rescue workers are needed during calamities.
6. You can start your own simple drive in your own simple way. Aside from cash, maybe you can collect used clothes, kitchen wares, and even toys. They would mean a lot to someone else.