With much of the United States already enduring a protracted and severe winter, all eyes turned to Punxsutawney Phil on Monday as his handlers revealed the famed groundhog's annual weather prediction.
The long-standing tradition dictates that if Phil casts a shadow upon emerging from his burrow in rural Pennsylvania, a further six weeks of winter are to be expected. Conversely, a shadow-free appearance is said to herald an early arrival of spring.
