New authorities maps show practically the entire West is in drought and it is not even summer time yet: “This is unprecedented”

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

"We knew climate change would stress our water provides and we have been getting ready for it but we did not know it would happen this fast," said Gloria Gray, chairwoman of the Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors.  

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

"This is actual. This is severe. This is unprecedented," said 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, wants a brand new pump to make sure water can circulation to Las Vegas. 

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

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

"We're simply 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 simply this sequence of consequences that we anticipate," mentioned Reager.