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Thousands died when an earthquake and tsunami struck Palu, Indonesia \\u2013 but could more lives have been saved? Accusations have been made of a host of failings: alert systems that were out of action, sirens that didn\\u2019t sound, a government slow to give emergency help - even people who were too busy filming the disaster to run away. How much truth is there to this? Was everything done to warn people beforehand, and rescue people in the aftermath? We speak to experts on the ground and around the world to find out. \\n \\nContributors include: \\n \\nLian Gogali \\u2013 Founder, Institute Mosintuwu\\nHarald Spahn \\u2013 Consultant geologist 2006-2013, German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System project \\nHarkunti Pertiwi Rahayu \\u2013 Chair, Indonesian Association of Disaster Experts & Assistant Professor, Bandung Institute of Technology\\nMark Astarita \\u2013 Former Director of Fundraising, British Red Cross\\n \\nPresenter: Kavita Puri\\nProducer: Beth Sagar-Fenton

(A man looks for his belongings amid the debris of his destroyed house in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Sept 29 2018. \\n Photo credit: Bay Ismoyo/Getty Images)