Complex sentence: Bonnie, the second storm of the season, was the first of five tropical systems to make landfall on Florida in the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season; it also was the second of a record eight disturbances to reach tropical storm strength during the month of August.
Split into simpler sentences: Bonnie, the second storm of the season, was the first of five storms to make landfall on Florida in the season. The storm was also the second of a record eight systems to reach tropical storm strength in the month of August.