It's starting to rain. vs It began to rain.

Both phrases are correct and can be used interchangeably to indicate the beginning of rain. They convey the same meaning and are commonly used in English.

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It's starting to rain.

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate the beginning of rain.

This phrase is used to inform someone that rain is beginning at the present moment.

Examples:

Look, it's starting to rain. We should find some shelter.
It's starting to rain, so don't forget your umbrella.

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-It's starting to rain.
Right, this is actual off-road, and it's starting to rain.
And look at it, it's starting to rain.
It's starting to rain, too.
It's starting to rain like crazy here.
Besides, it's starting to rain and that great Ida Lupino movie's on.
Come in, now. It's starting to rain, and I don't want you out there alone.
I know it's going to rain.
It's cold and about to rain.
Two of my front teeth are fake, And my collarbone hurts whenever it's going to rain.
It's going to rain. I want to go back home.
Thinks he's better than everybody 'cause he lost weight and knows when it's going to rain.
I wonder if it's going to rain.
If they're flying by, it's going to rain.
The food is terrible and I think it's going to rain.
If they are flying, it's because it's going to rain.
I think it's going to rain.
Today it's going to rain.
It's going to rain, it looks like rain.
Looks like rain, yes, it looks like it's going to rain.

Alternatives:

It's beginning to rain.
It's starting to drizzle.
It's starting to pour.
It's starting to sprinkle.
It's starting to shower.

It began to rain.

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate the beginning of rain.

This phrase is used to describe the moment when rain started falling in the past.

Examples:

It began to rain just as we were leaving the park.
She noticed it began to rain when she was walking home.

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When I was about to leave, it began to rain.
Then his favourite thing happened, it began to rain.
About a year ago, I was chopping that tree when suddenly it began to rain.
As soon as he went out of the house, it began to rain.
All at once it began to rain heavily.
All at once it began to rain heavily.
All at once it began to rain heavily.
So passionate was the song that they didn't stop as rain began to fall.
They didn't stop as rain began to fall.
So passionate was the song that they didn't stop as rain began to fall.
It began to rain and she got wet.
And it began to rain as it never rained before.
Only the makeup on the right side of her face is streaked, which means, she was lying here dead when the rain began.
When it started to rain we began to run, ducking in doorways.
It began to rebalance the round.
-It's starting to rain.
One by one, the secrets of the sky... ...began to fall upon us like translucent rain.
It began to anticipate where the food would come from.
It began to snow during the night.
But then it began to take its toll.

Alternatives:

It started to rain.
The rain began.
Rain started to fall.
The downpour began.
The shower started.

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It's starting to rain. vs It began to rain.