Complex sentence: Max is given the opportunity to go to San Francisco and have one of her photos displayed in an art gallery, but after calling Chloe, she realises that, for all her effort, the storm has reached Arcadia Bay.
Split into simpler sentences: Max is given the opportunity to go to San Francisco and have one of her photos displayed in an art gallery. But after calling Chloe, she learns that, despite all her determination, the still the storm has reached Arcadia Bay.