Correcting Punctuation in a Sentence

Medium Usage And Mechanics Punctuation

In the following sentence, a punctuation error occurs:

Despite the rain the picnic went on as planned, however everyone got soaked.

Which of the following options corrects the sentence's punctuation error?

Despite the rain, the picnic went on as planned. However, everyone got soaked.

Despite the rain the picnic went on, as planned however everyone got soaked.

Despite the rain; the picnic went on as planned, however everyone got soaked.

Despite the rain the picnic went on as planned however, everyone got soaked.

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