New government maps present practically all of the West is in drought and it isn’t even summer time but: “That is unprecedented”

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

"We knew local weather change would stress our water supplies and we've been making ready for it but we did not know it might occur this fast," stated Gloria Gray, chairwoman of the Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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