Complex sentence: In West Palm Beach, more than 1,711 homes were destroyed, while the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse's mortar was reportedly "squeezed... like toothpaste" between the bricks during the storm, swaying the tower off the base.
Split into simpler sentences: In West Palm Beach, more than 1,711 homes were destroyed. At the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, the mortar was reportedly "squeezed... like toothpaste" between the bricks during the storm, swaying the tower off the base.