These aurora articles have become click-bait like everything else. At least 20 so far this year, and nothing ever came of any of it.
Clyde’s Law: The more an impending astronomical event is hypoed, the more likely it is to fizzle.
I’m still waiting for T-Cor-Bor’s ‘spectacular’ nova outburst forecasted for last September.
The “Spectacular” Halley’s Comet was rather underwhelming.
As you mention, the several recent auroral predictions.
Several relatively recent highly hyped meteor showers that didn’t come anywhere close to predicted rates.