The Latest: Refugees sleeping outside in Austria as facilities overwhelmed by numbers

In this aerial view photo, a column of migrants moves through fields after crossing from Croatia, in Rigonce, Slovenia, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015. Thousands of people are trying to reach central and northern Europe via the Balkans, but often have to wait for days in mud and rain at the Serbian, Croatian and Slovenian borders. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) (The Associated Press)

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A young man hholds a cup in a crowd of hundreds of migrants waiting to enter a camp in Spielfeld, Austria, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. Thousands of people trying to reach central and northern Europe via the Balkans often have to wait for days in the cold rain and mud at the borders. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) (The Associated Press)

Hundreds of migrants wait to enter a camp in Spielfeld, Austria, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. Thousands of people trying to reach central and northern Europe via the Balkans often have to wait for days in the cold rain and mud at the borders. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) (The Associated Press)

BERLIN – The latest on the stream of people crossing Europe in search of safety or a better life. All times local.

9:50 a.m.

Austrian officials say thousands of refugees and other migrants have spent the night outdoors in cold fall weather as authorities struggle to keep up with the steady flow.

Austrian broadcaster ORF reported Monday that facilities for migrants along the border with Germany are already full, and Germany has been permitting fewer to cross because its own tents and buildings are also overflowing.

ORF reports some 2,500 people had to sleep outside overnight near the border town of Achleiten; 700 close to Braunau; and 300 more near Kollerschlag.

Austrian authorities are working to build more temporary shelters, but a large tent being erected is expected to be available only on Tuesday.