Dear Rui Figueiredo et al,

Thank you again for your interesting submission "Improving accuracy and quantifying uncertainty in flood loss estimations through the use of multi-model ensembles" as well as for the response to the comments of the referees.
Both referees addressed that the manuscript is of interest for the readers of NHESS and the flood risk community. Combining both reports the main points which were addressed are the structure of the manuscript and some more precise or detailed information.
You present in the response to referee 1 your suggested new structure of section 3 and I am convinced that the re-structuring section 3 will improve the readability of the manuscript. Perhaps you can also consider to address already at the end of the introduction that you are not following the ‘traditional’ (methods, results, discussion) structure or/and add a flow chart with the different steps of your approach including also decision criteria for the direction of the next step. This may prevent that the reader would anticipate the traditional structure and is confused by the different structure.
All further response seems to take-up the constructive comments of both referees and will allow to present your approach and results more clear. Therefore, I decided for minor revision and I will review again your revised manuscript.
Please follow the guidelines of NHESS to prepare one response file (as .pdf) including (1) comments from referees/public, (2) author's response to each comment one by one, and (3) author's changes in manuscript. Regarding author's changes, a marked-up manuscript version (track changes in Word, latexdiff in LaTeX) converted into a *.pdf including the author's response must be submitted. Additionally, you have to upload the new version of the manuscript (http://www.natural-hazards-and-earth-system-sciences.net/peer_review/interactive_review_process.html#interactivepublicdiscussion).
If you have any question regarding the procedure or interpretation of the comments, please do not hesitate to contact me for clarification.

Regards, Margreth Keiler
[NHESS Editor]
[Associate Professor of Geomorphology, Natural Hazards and Risk Research, University of Bern]

Dear Rui Figueiredo and co-authors,

Thank you for the revision of the manuscript and your detailed response. I read carefully the manuscript and how you addressed the comments of the reviewers in the new versions. I have no further comments and I am happy to inform you that the manuscript is accepted and will now proceed to the publication phase.
Thank you for contributing which this interesting study and new approach to NHESS.

Regards, Margreth Keiler
[NHESS Editor]
[Associate Professor of Geomorphology, Natural Hazards and Risk Research, University of Bern]