Lollapalooza reopens after severe weather evacuation

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A severe weather storm warning briefly closed the Lollapalooza festivities Sunday in Chicago.

Festivalgoers were evacuated from Grant Park around 2:40 p.m., according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The event was to reopen at 3:30 p.m. with music restarting after 4 p.m.

A National Weather Service warning of golf ball-size hail and 60 mph winds prompted the evacuation.

Lollapalooza was evacuated because of rain in 2012,

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