The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. June 3, 2013 Current Drought Could Prove Costlier Than Superstorm Sandy ----------------------------------------------------------- According to the forecasting service Harris-Mann Climatology, the nation's current drought pattern may be the biggest natural disaster of 2012 and 2013. If the drought continues apace, damages could approach $200 billion dollars, even more costly than Superstorm Sandy. .