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.
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