Austin currently only housing 250 Harvey evacuees

AUSTIN (KXAN) — While Austin and Travis County are prepared to take in thousands of evacuees from the Gulf Coast region, there are currently less than 300 people staying at the mega shelter in southeast Austin.
According to the Austin-Travis County Emergency Operations Center, as of Tuesday, Sept. 5, there were approximately 250 guests at the MetCenter shelter as well as 19 pets. But that number is shrinking since two dozen evacuees boarded a bus on Wednesday afternoon to head back to the