Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): the storm weakened over land on august 26 to a tropical storm , but regained strength to hurricane status at 2:00 a.m. edt -lrb- 0600 utc -rrb- , approximately one hour after ending its passage through florida and entering the gulf of mexico.
Output (English): the storm weakened over land , later regaining strength , becoming a hurricane once it left florida heading for the gulf of mexico.