Congratulations for a well designed research. Thank you for the submission to this issue. The hazard described is relevant to know more about, in this issue and in the journal. The abstract summarises the essential, and the structure of the paper is as it should be.
Given that it was extremely hard to find referees, the relevance of the paper is not underlined enough. The introduction part can be improved. Thus, apart that there are relatively many self references, I suggest including, according also to the anonymous referree, some references, and pictures when available, on the effects of freezing rain. For example we had in Romania freezing rain in 2019 (see attached file, but for Canada much more relevant are the electricity lines) at the End of January. It destroyed much of the green spaces. For Canada, I suggest writing on the ice storm of 1998, and how it affected the heat supply which there relies much on electricity, given that there is much hydropower. This would also underline the importance for infrastructure. It would be helpful to localise the areas of freezing rain, connected to this infrastructure and the hydropower, as well as to mention other events than 1998 which might exemplify the relevance for Canada.

Thank you for addressing my suggestions. I agree that if there are no own photos of the damage, it is complicated to acquire publication rights of photographs, since they also count as art works. I appreciate that the author addresses in the author's response that the damages cased by freezing rain express the impact of natural hazards on urban areas and infrastructure. This should be explicitely addressed in a sentence in the revised section, highlighting the relevance for the special issue.