MANILA - Typhoon Gener is the fourth tropical cyclone of the same name to enter the Philippine area of responsibility since he joined state weather bureau PAGASA, and previous three did not make landfall, a weather forecaster said Wednesday.

If the current tropical cyclone does not change its direction, it is not expected to make landfall.

If this bit of information isn't weird enough, this is according to the typhoons' namesake, weather forecaster Gener Quitlong.

Speaking on DZMM, Quitlong said Typhoon Gener was packing maximum sustained winds of 130 kilometers per hour near the center and gusts of 160 kph as of Wednesday night.

The typhoon was moving west-northwest at 22 kph.

As of 10 p.m. on Wednesday, the eye of the typhoon was located at 930 kilometers east of Casiguran, Aurora.

No tropical cyclone warning signal was raised in any area.

Typhoon Ferdie exited PAR at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.