Dear Authors,

Many thanks for your comprehensive responses to both reviewers. Please provide a revised version that takes into account all the items you've mentioned when answering the reviewers, including additional references and changes in figures, captions etc.

Best regards

Ricardo Trigo

Dear Dr. P. Palaiologou,

I am pleased to inform you that the revised version of your manuscript NHESS-2019-56 can now be accepted for publication in our journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS). Please inform your co-authors of the editorial decision.

You will soon be contacted by the journal publication office for the preparation of the final version of your manuscript. Please respond promptly to the requests of the publication office, as this will condition the time of your publication, and read carefully any copy-editing recommendations that they make.

I take this opportunity to thank you and your co-authors for having selected Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) for the publication of your scientific work. I look forward to receiving further contributions to our journal from you and your co-authors.

Sincerely,

Ricardo Trigo