Groundhog Day, cold blasts Northeast | Feb. 2
The day in photos from around the world.
- A visitor to Gobbler’s Knob watches as Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, sees his shadow and forecasts six more weeks of winter during the 129th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
- In this photo taken with a fisheye lens, Groundhog Club handler Ron Ploucha holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 129th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. Phil’s handlers said that the groundhog has forecast six more weeks of winter weather. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
- Groundhog Club President Bill Deeley, right, taps the door to awaken Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 129th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. Phil saw his shadow, meaning six more weeks of winter weather. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
- Despite some encouragement from behind by Howell Conference and Nature Center director Dick Grant, sporting spring shorts, Murray the stand-in groundhog predicted six more weeks of winter by not stepping out of her winter home, Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Livingston County Daily Press & Argus, Gillis Benedict)
- Staten Island Chuck, a groundhog who, according to tradition, looks for his shadow to predict whether or not the region will experience six more weeks of winter or the coming of spring, looks on at the Staten Island Zoo on February 2, 2015 in the Staten Island borough of New York City. The annual event caused controversy last year after Mayor de Blasio was handed the groundhog and dropped him and the animal died days later. This year the Mayor did not touch the animal and the groundhog did not see his shadow, signaling the coming of spring. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
- Krystal Koban removes snow from around her car during a winter storm, Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, in Henniker, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
- A man finds warmth and quiet in a Manhattan church on February 2, 2015 in New York City. Another winter storm has brought inclement weather to much of the Northeast, canceling schools and hundreds of flights throughout the New York metro area. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- A clothes line is covered in ice and snow, Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, in Omaha, Neb., after a winter storm dumped around 9 inches of snow over the weekend. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
- A woman pulls children in a sled during a storm with strong winds and heavy snow, Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, in Toronto. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darren Calabrese)