The government has urged the 1.3 million people living in tented homes to find sturdier shelter, but most have stayed, saying they have nowhere to go.
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Tomas is gaining strength and warn of the danger of flooding and mudslides.
Health workers fear heavy rain will exacerbate Haiti's cholera epidemic.
The outbreak of the water-borne disease - which has so far killed more than 400 people and infected more than 6,700 in Haiti - has not seriously affected the capital, but aid agencies say flooding could change that.
Haitian President Rene Preval went on national radio on Thursday to urge people to take precautions and evacuate the camps.
"Protect your lives," he said, before acknowledging that the authorities did not "have enough places [on buses] to move everyone".
The BBC's Laura Trevelyan in Port-au-Prince says few refugees have heeded the government warning, although mothers and babies have been evacuated from an exposed camp near the mountains.
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