Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: After a hurricane in 1502 destroyed the city , the new governor of the island NicolÃ s de Ovando built it again but on the west side of the river and with the new name of Santo Domingo .
Simplified: Santo Domingo was destroyed by a hurricane in 1502 , and the new Governor NicolÃ s de Ovando had it rebuilt on a different site nearby .