In Haiti, aid workers are rushing to move hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the January earthquake from vulnerable areas before the rainy season begins next month. The intensified rainfall could lead to flooding and the spread of waterborne diseases. On Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Haitians face a “race against time” to move to safer locations.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: “So far, we have distributed tents and tarpaulins to nearly 700,000 people among 1.3 million displaced persons. We will reach the rest by the end of next month. We have also identified five alternative sites around the capital, where we can move IDPs and where they will be safer and better cared for. But let me be clear, we are in a race against time.”

Of the 700,000 Haitians believed to be displaced, around 250,000 are estimated to be children.