Complex sentence: Rick was a short-lived Category 2 hurricane that weakened before making landfall in Mexico on November 10, almost a month after the more powerful Hurricane Pauline made landfall in the same country.
Split into simpler sentences: Rick was a short-lived Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale that weakened before making landfall in Mexico on November 10. It hit almost a month after the more powerful Hurricane Pauline made landfall in the same country.