Sinkholes sow fear in former Polish mining town

Trzebinia, Poland (AFP) Feb 15, 2023

Two decades after the local coal mine closed, residents in a southern Polish town live in fear that the ground will collapse under their feet after 20 sinkholes appeared in the past two years.

Five craters have emerged this year alone in pockmarked Trzebinia. Five months ago, a huge hole swallowed up tombs at the cemetery.

“No one knows where the next one will strike. We’re sitting on a
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