Scientific Reports 5: Article number: 16217; published online: 20 November 2015; updated: 12 February 2016.

This article contains a typographical error in the ‘Introduction’ section.

“These small mountainous watersheds were rapidly flushed during typhoons, the lag time between flood peak and rain peak is only ~6 hours12,40…”

should read:

“These small mountainous watersheds were rapidly flushed during typhoons, the lag time between flood peak and rain peak is only ~6 hours12,37…”

Additionally, this article contains a typographical error in the ‘Results and Discussion’ section.

“Since the lag time between rain peak and flood peak is within a day12,40…”

should read:

“Since the lag time between rain peak and flood peak is within a day12,37…”