Complex sentence: It became a hurricane early on October 17 and passed just east of Grand Cayman, where significant effects were reported, and attained a peak intensity of just before making landfall on Bejucal in western Cuba, where the barometer dropped as low as on October 19.
Split into simpler sentences: It became a hurricane early on October 17 and passed just east of Grand Cayman, where significant effects were reported. It attained a peak intensity of just before making landfall on Bejucal in western Cuba, where the barometer dropped as low as on October 19.