New authorities maps present nearly the entire West is in drought and it’s not even summer season but: “That is unprecedented”

In an unprecedented transfer, Southern California officers declared a water scarcity emergency and asked roughly 6 million residents to limit all out of doors watering to just once per week.  

"We knew local weather change would stress our water provides and we've been making ready for it but we didn't 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 struggling extreme or extreme drought.

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

California isn't alone as reservoirs across the West are draining.  

Lake Mead, the largest reservoir within the nation shaped by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, needs a new pump to make sure water can circulation to Las Vegas. 

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

Reager stated 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 beginning to see less water in our reservoirs, and now we have fires, and in California, there's just this sequence of penalties that we anticipate," said Reager.