New government maps present practically the entire West is in drought and it isn’t even summer time yet: “This is unprecedented”

In an unprecedented move, Southern California officers declared a water scarcity emergency and asked roughly 6 million residents to restrict all outdoor watering to only as soon as every week.  

"We knew climate change would stress our water supplies and we've been making ready for it however we didn't know it will occur this quick," stated Gloria Grey, chairwoman of the Metropolitan Water District Board of Administrators.  

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

"That is actual. That is critical. That is unprecedented," said Adel Hagekhalil, normal supervisor for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.  

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

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

"The problem with climate change is that it takes all of the historical patterns and sort of shifts them," NASA scientist Dr. JT Reager advised CBS Information' 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's 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 consequences that we anticipate," said Reager.