JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
JavaScript
var str = "Addendum 5 changes the following:<div><br></div>div<br>div> Addenda 5 - Landscape<br><br><br><br><br><br> <br>Item";
var r = new RegExp("(<br>\\s*){2,}");
console.log("old value: " + str);
console.log("new value: " + str.replace(r, "<br>"));