don't know about it killing a majority of the world's population, but this isn't a black swan event; it's probablistic.

> We find that on average there is a 4% (28%) chance of at least one great (severe) storm per year and a 0.7% chance of a Carrington class storm per year... [0]

So, have we (humanity) done anything to mitigate the impact of this?

[0] https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/201...