Complex sentence: Hurricane Felix was the southernmost landfalling Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic; surpassing Hurricane Edith of 1971 and was the last Atlantic hurricane to make landfall as a Category 5.
Split into simpler sentences: Hurricane Felix was the southernmost landfalling Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic; surpassing Hurricane Edith of 1971. It is also the most recent Atlantic hurricane to make landfall as a Category 5.