Complex sentence: Early the following day, the cyclone struck Puerto Rico with winds of 60 mph (95 km/h), several hours before making made landfall in Dominican Republic near Punta Cana at the same intensity.
Split into simpler sentences: Early the following day, the cyclone struck Puerto Rico with winds of 60 mph (95 km/h). It made landfall in Dominican Republic near Punta Cana several hours later at the same intensity.