Complex sentence: Widespread damage was reported to dwellings, classrooms, clinics, police stations (and the radio network), wharves and the hospital on Malaita while rough seas and flooded rivers washed topsoil and native gardens from coastal villages.
Split into simpler sentences: Widespread damage was reported to dwellings, classrooms, clinics, police stations (and the radio network), wharves and the hospital on Malaita. Rough seas and flooded rivers washed topsoil and native gardens from coastal villages.