Dear Dr. Suppasri et al.

Thank you for the submission of your manuscript “Load-resistance analysis: An alternative approach to tsunami damage assessment applied to the 2011 Great East Japan tsunami”.

As you know, two reviewers have now provided detailed reviews, which you have replied in detail to. Both reviewers recommended minor to medium revisions and therefore I would like to invite you to submit a revised version of your manuscript. In addition to what you have already done, I would ask you to clarify the place of this your current research in terms of classification suggested by Referee 2. You can extend its description in Introduction a bit more.

Would you please also provide an ‘author’s reply’ to the reviewers (feel free to use the same words that you used in what you have already uploaded) and include, in the same author reply document, a track changes document between the old manuscript and the new one.

I look forward to seeing the next version of your manuscript!

Sincerely,
Ira Didenkulova
NHESS editor

Dear Dr. Suppasri et al,

I thank you again for your submission and I am happy to tell you that your manuscript can now be accepted after technical corrections.

Following the critics of Referee 2, you added the classification of the research on fragility functions. It is not very clear to me, whether your current manuscript contributes to any of these 4 categories or suggests an alternative approach. At the moment it reads that you suggest an alternative approach. Please, either confirm it or slightly modify your statement.

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,
Ira Didenkulova
NHESS editor