New government maps show practically all of the West is in drought and it’s not even summer but: “This is unprecedented”

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

"We knew climate change would stress our water provides and we've been preparing for it however we didn't know it might occur this fast," said Gloria Gray, chairwoman of the Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors.  

The most recent government maps show almost the entire West is in drought, and 95% of California is struggling extreme or extreme drought.

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

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

Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the nation formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, wants a brand new pump to make sure water can circulate 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 instructed CBS News' Ben Tracy. 

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

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