I truly feel sorry for the victims of this disaster, but this is not 2012!
But. How is this this TES related? Well, it recently struck me that (no pun intended) maybe Skyrim could feature major disastors, like flooding, volcanic eruptions and whatnot? I mean, it wouldn't destroy towns or villages but maybe as a side quest, you learn a flood is imminent and you need to help prevent it somehow. It could work quite well using the radiant tools and with such a big open world like Skyrim.
What do you think?