Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winter

Groundhog Club handler AJ Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil (AP/Barry Reeger)

Punxsutawney Phil has predicted there will be six more weeks of winter as he emerged from his burrow to perform his Groundhog Day duties.

Members of Phil’s “inner circle” woke up the furry critter at 7.25am at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to see whether he would see his shadow or not.