en_tn/1ki/18/01.md

send rain on the land

AT: "cause rain to fall on the land" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

now the famine was severe

The word "now" is used here to mark a break in the main storyline. Here the writer tells background information about how the famine had affected Samaria. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background)