New government maps present almost the entire West is in drought and it is not even summer season but: “This is unprecedented”

In an unprecedented move, Southern California officials declared a water shortage emergency and requested roughly 6 million residents to limit all out of doors watering to simply as soon as per week.  

"We knew climate change would stress our water supplies and we've been making ready for it but we did not know it could happen this fast," said Gloria Grey, chairwoman of the Metropolitan Water District Board of Administrators.  

The newest authorities maps present nearly all the West is in drought, and 95% of California is struggling severe or excessive drought.

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

California is just not alone as reservoirs across the West are draining.  

Lake Mead, the most important reservoir within the nation fashioned by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, needs a new pump to ensure water can move to Las Vegas. 

"The issue with local weather change is that it takes all of the historical patterns and kind of shifts them," NASA scientist Dr. JT Reager informed 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 beginning to see the dominoes fall. It's drier, we're beginning to see less water in our reservoirs, and now we have fires, and in California, there's just this series of consequences that we anticipate," said Reager.