Dear Prof. Yair and coauthors,
Thank you for the submission of your very interesting manuscript “First reported case of Thunderstorm Asthma in Israel”. First of all, please excuse the delay in completing the public review process of NHESSD. It is currently difficult to find good referees to review the articles, and it is more difficult when it deals with interdisciplinary articles.

As you know, two reviewers have now provided detailed reviews, which you have replied in thoughtful detail to. The second review recommends minor revisions. The first review recommends major revision, but as he/she says, “it is for a range of moderate and minor issues that probably should be fixed before it be published”. Considering the comments of the reviewers as well as the long process followed so far, I am pleased to inform you that your article can be accepted after minor revisions, and therefore I would like to invite you to submit a revised version of your manuscript. In order to accelerate the review process, I have provided new comments and suggestions (mainly technical comments) in the supplementary material that you have uploaded in the discussion phase (AC3) that I attach here.

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 plus the answers to my new comments). Please can you also include a track changes document between the old manuscript and the new one (you can include this as part of your ‘author’s reply’).
I look forward to seeing the next version of your manuscript which I will not send out for further review, but rather, will make the decision myself, assuming no major items come up in the revised manuscript for which I need outside reviewers to aid me in my decision.

Regards
Maria Carmen Llasat
NHESS Editor

Dear Prof. Yair and coauthors,
I am pleased to inform you that the revised version of your manuscript NHESS-2019-137, “First reported case of Thunderstorm Asthma in Israel” 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,

Maria Carmen Llasat
NHESS Editor