A U.N. agency says the recovery effort in Myanmar’s cyclone-hit regions is progressing well despite logistical problems reaching remote areas where roads have been washed away.

Zafrin Chowdhury, a UNICEF spokeswoman, said Monday that despite the problems, recovery has been progressing quickly because U.N. agencies, international organizations and individuals remain focused on relief and recovery efforts.

Cyclone Nargis cut a swath of destruction on May 2-3 through the Irrawaddy delta and the country’s largest city of Yangon, killing 84,537 people and leaving 53,836 missing.

The casualties were on a scale experienced by other countries from the 2006 Indian Ocean tsunami, which largely spared Myanmar.