The Croatian village where the land became 'Swiss cheese'
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Villagers in north-east Croatia feared their homes might be swallowed when more than 100 enormous sinkholes appeared in a month. Now scientists are trying to understand if the land that is left is safe.
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It happened suddenly and without warning. Where there should have been the emerging first shoots of potato seedlings behind the orchard in Nikola Borojević's spacious garden, there was now huge hole. Measuring 30m (98ft) wide and 15m (49ft) deep, it quickly filled with water. And it wasn't the only one.