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): one hour after entering the gulf of mexico , at 2:00 a.m. edt , the storm strengthened from a tropical storm to hurrican status.