{"id":5758,"date":"2026-05-07T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?p=5758"},"modified":"2026-05-09T22:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:04:21","slug":"a-colossal-and-rare-roll-cloud-astonishes-beachgoers-in-sao-lourenco-brazil-here-is-the-video-of-the-impressive-phenom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?p=5758","title":{"rendered":"A colossal and rare roll cloud astonishes beachgoers in S\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o, Brazil: here is the video of the impressive phenom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ORIGIN:  https:\/\/www.yourweather.co.uk\/news\/<\/p>\n<p>An impressive roll cloud, resembling a tsunami in the sky, astonished beachgoers at Riviera de S\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o in Brazil. The meteorological phenomenon was accompanied by strong wind gusts and prompted warnings from the local Civil Defence.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"video youtube-short\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/maxresdefault.webp\" alt=\"youtube video id=y_greIGtnqc\" title=\"A colossal and rare roll cloud astonishes beachgoers in S\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o, Brazil: here is the video of the impressive phenom\"><\/figure>\n<p>Beachgoers enjoying the day at Riviera de S\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o beach in Bertioga, on the coast of S\u00e3o Paulo state, Brazil, experienced a scene that was both spectacular and unsettling this weekend. A gigantic roll cloud, scientifically known as a volutus, advanced across the coastline in a shape many compared to a real tsunami in the sky.<\/p>\n<p>Images of the phenomenon, recorded by numerous witnesses and rapidly shared across social media, show an immense horizontal, low-lying tubular cloud formation moving impressively across the sea and shoreline.<\/p>\n<p>Its compact and elongated appearance surprised those present and even caused some beachgoers to leave the sand amid fears that a severe storm was approaching.<\/p>\n<p>What is a roll cloud?<\/p>\n<p>The roll cloud, also known as a roller cloud, is an unusual meteorological formation characterised by its cylindrical shape and its apparent slow rotation around its own axis. Although<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ORIGIN: https:\/\/www.yourweather.co.uk\/news\/ An impressive roll cloud, resembling a tsunami in the sky, astonished beachgoers at Riviera de S\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o in Brazil. The meteorological phenomenon was accompanied by strong wind gusts and prompted warnings from the local Civil Defence. Beachgoers enjoying the day at Riviera de S\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o beach in Bertioga, on the coast of S\u00e3o [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5758"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5785,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5758\/revisions\/5785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}