A KENT teacher who was missing in the Asian earthquake disaster is now thought to be safe.

Jo Lee, a teacher at the Marlborough Centre at Hoo St Werburgh, near Rochester, was on holiday in Thailand when the tsunami struck. But now there are reports that she survived the disaster.

Another teacher at the same school, Hannah Tugwell, of Hunton Road, Chainhurst, Marden, near Maidstone, is still missing in the Phuket area though her husband Matthew survived and is now back home.

The two women teachers were holidaying separately in the region.