Dead Sea peril: As fabled lake shrinks, it leaves sinkholes that can swallow up the unwary

EIN GEDI, Israel — Eli Raz was peering into a narrow hole in the Dead Sea shore when the earth opened up and swallowed him. Fearing he would never be found alive in the 30-foot- deep pit, he scribbled his will on an old postcard.

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