The two reviewers for this paper have recommended that major revisions should be made before the paper can be considered for publication.

The revised paper will be referred back to the reviewers.

Authors are therefore advised to address all the comments of the reviewers.

The authors should demonstrate that they have validated the model since flood data are available as highlighted by the reviewers.

The length of the paper should be reduced by eliminating material not directly relevant to the paper. See the comments of the Reviewers

Both authors have found that the Scientific Quality, and Presentation Quality needs to be significantly improved in order to meet the criteria for the paper to be considered for publication.

Authors should demonstrate what is new about their paper.

All the comments from the Reviewers should be adequately addressed

Please incorporate the minor revisions recommended by the reviewers before the paper is submitted for publication.

The Editor will verify that the suggested corrections have been effected.

There are minor editorial corrections required. The manuscript should not have Appendices. All the material should be presented where appropriate. Equations given as Appendix 1 should be incorporated in the main text. Similarly diagrams and tables referred to as being in Appendices should be in the main text.

The inclusion of some diagrams with numbering that refers to Appendices and other diagrams without such numbering will cause confusion to readers.

river level should be river water level throughout. There is a different between a river level and river water level.

Avoid using of colon unless you really understand how to use this correctly.