Complex sentence: Billie skirted the Ryukyu Islands before making landfall in Taiwan and again in eastern China, producing huge waves that drowned 41 fishermen and swimmers along the coast of Japan.
Split into simpler sentences: Billie skirted the Ryukyu Islands before making landfall in Taiwan and again in eastern China. Billie produced huge waves that drowned 41 fishermen and swimmers along the coast of Japan.