Dear Dr. Odongo

thank you for submitting your manuscript to NHESS Journal. This has been reviewed by two referees who agree that your manuscript should be subject to major revisions. Based on your replies to their comments, I believe that you will be able to make the appropriate changes to the manuscript.
When you revise your manuscript, please highlight the changes you make by using Track Changes (Review menu) or coloured text. In your point by point reply to the reviewers please provide a detailed list of the changes you have made to the original manuscript, being as specific as possible.

I look forward to receiving your revision.

Yours sincerely,

Brunella Bonaccorso

Dear Rhoda A. Odongo, Hans De Moel, and Anne F. Van Loon,

Thank you for the submission of the revised version of your manuscript “Propagation from meteorological to hydrological drought in the Horn of Africa using both standardized and threshold-based indices”.

According to the comments of Referee #2, I would like to invite you to include critical remarks on the issue of data assimilation and uncertainty quantification. In particular, please provide in-depth consideration when interpreting and explaining your results in the Discussion session, also in relation to previously published works on this topic.

I look forward to seeing the updated version of your manuscript that I will send again to Referee #2 for a final evaluation.

Best regards
Brunella Bonaccorso

Dear Rhoda A. Odongo, Hans De Moel, and Anne F. Van Loon,

I am pleased to inform you that the revised version of your manuscript EGUSPHERE-2022-1307 can now be accepted for publication in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS).

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.

Kind regards,

Brunella Bonaccorso