A third of U.S. Gulf Coast residents have expressed doubts about leaving their homes in the event of an evacuation order, according to a new survey.

The poll of high-risk hurricane areas in eight states--Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas--found 33 percent of residents saying if government officials ordered an evacuation due to a major hurricane this season, they would not leave or are unsure if they would evacuate.

The Harvard School of Public Health Project on the Public and Biological Security conducted the survey.

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