of the board remember speaking out warning voters a yes vote for independence would cause so much confusion it would put the economy at risk. on thursday, rbs, klyce dale joined loids, standard bank and hsbc saying they plan to move their registered head offices to the uk if scotland becomes independent. the uncertainty is also causing concern for one of scotland s most iconic industries and some of its biggest exports. what an independent scotland could mean for makers of scotch. this is scotland s second biggest export. it brings in almost $7 billion a year. and 40 bottles of the stuff are estimated abroad every second. scotch whiskey is an international icon for scotland. it s a product of great history and authenticity and great taste. you ll find a scotch whiskey for
bringing very heavy hateful to the philippines. this will also enhance the monsoon. so it s going to pull all sorts of tropical moisture to the south china sea and dump it on to manila. here s the forecast track, 24, 48 hours making the land fall, with a 140 kilometres per hour winds. then as it actually exits and heads over to the south china c, a chance of more development, as in the winfield getting a little bit stronger there. but there you see it in the next 48 hour, approaching northern luzan with not just the win but additional flooding likely. that arm of red is going to be right on top of luzan by the time we get into this weekend. so flooding in another part of the world, but flooding nevertheless. that seems to be the theme here lately. yes, it does. all right, ivan. see you later. still to come, the uncertainty over scotland s future is spilling over to one of its most iconic industry. we ll explain what s at stake
so perhaps one of the reasons the turks aren t coming out publicly against isis is to protect those turkish hostages that they re clearly very worried about. of course, the americans will be looking for support. turkey shares a long border with iraq. it shares a long border with syria. several years ago the u.s. sent two patriot missile batteries to turkey upon tats request to help it defend its border with syria. so the americans are clearly going to be looking for assistance here probably for the use access to air bases in turkey to help it conduct its at least aerial operations over iraq and neighboring syria. we ll see whether or not john kerry can get any of those pledges of support during his talks with the turk shf leadership. secretary kerry expected to be in the country for about two days. ivan watson live for us in hong kong. thanks. still to come for you here on