New government maps show nearly all of the West is in drought and it is not even summer season but: “That is unprecedented”

In an unprecedented transfer, Southern California officials declared a water shortage emergency and asked roughly 6 million residents to restrict all outdoor watering to simply once per week.  

"We knew climate change would stress our water supplies and we have been making ready for it but we did not know it might occur this fast," said Gloria Grey, chairwoman of the Metropolitan Water District Board of Administrators.  

The newest government maps present practically the entire West is in drought, and 95% of California is suffering severe or excessive drought.

"That is real. That is serious. This is unprecedented," stated Adel Hagekhalil, common manager for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.  

California is not alone as reservoirs across the West are draining.  

Lake Mead, the most important reservoir in the nation shaped by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, wants a brand new pump to ensure water can movement to Las Vegas. 

"The issue with local weather change is that it takes all the historic patterns and form of shifts them," NASA scientist Dr. JT Reager instructed CBS Information' Ben Tracy. 

Reager said the West is in a 22-year megadrought, as climate change makes it hotter and drier. 

"We're just starting to see the dominoes fall. It is drier, we're starting to see less water in our reservoirs, and we've got fires, and in California, there's simply this sequence of consequences that we anticipate," stated Reager.