Myanmar begin cleaning up and counting casualties after devastating Cyclone Mocha

Local residents stand on broken boats in Sittwe, Myanmar, on Monday (May 15), after cyclone Mocha made landfall. - AFP

BANGKOK/YANGON, May 21 (AP): Recovery efforts were underway this week in Myanmar and Bangladesh after a powerful cyclone smashed into their coastlines, causing widespread destruction and over 150 deaths, with hundreds of others also believed missing.

Myanmar took the brunt of Cyclone Mocha on Sunday, while Bangladesh was spared a feared catastrophe.