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The home she and her family had occupied since 2020 on a riverbank collapsed during the flooding, with several relatives swept into the waters.

Ms Marland, who has lived alongside the river in Tonge Moor for more than 30 years, said she was "devastated" after Mr Bancroft had dug away soil from part of the riverbank she owns.

"They're travelling in inhuman conditions," fretted the mayor of Mbandaka, who had come to the riverbank to check the boat was not overloaded and the passengers would be provided with life jackets.

When a cherished loved one dies, relatives often decide to scatter their ashes at a significant landmark - a mountain, a cliff top, a riverbank.

Along the West Bank of the Mississippi, directly across the way from downtown New Orleans, there’s a levee that rises up beside the riverbank.