New government maps present nearly all the West is in drought and it is not even summer time yet: “This is unprecedented”

In an unprecedented transfer, Southern California officers declared a water scarcity emergency and asked roughly 6 million residents to limit all outside watering to only once a week.  

"We knew local weather change would stress our water supplies and we've been preparing for it but we did not know it could occur this quick," stated Gloria Grey, chairwoman of the Metropolitan Water District Board of Administrators.  

The latest authorities maps show almost all of the West is in drought, and 95% of California is struggling severe or excessive drought.

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

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

Lake Mead, the most important reservoir in the nation formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, wants a new pump to make sure water can flow to Las Vegas. 

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

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

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