Talmud for Taanit 38:1

בצורתא מדינתא אמדינתא כפנא וא"ר חנינא סאה בסלע ושכיחא בצורתא ארבעה ולא שכיחא כפנא

[from one city to another] it is drought, but when it has to be brought [overland] from one province to another it is famine. R'Hanina said: If a se'ah of grain costs one sela' and is obtainable it is drought; but i four se'ahs cost a sela' but are not easily obtainable, then it is a famine.

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