Complex sentence: The depression rapidly intensified, and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Alma by 1800 UTC, and as the wind shear relaxed it was upgraded to a hurricane at 0000 UTC on July 22 while tracking generally northwest.
Split into simpler sentences: The depression rapidly intensified and it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Alma by 1800 UTC. As the wind shear relaxed it was upgraded to a hurricane at 0000 UTC on July 22 while tracking generally northwest.