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

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

"We knew local weather change would stress our water supplies and we've been getting ready for it however we did not know it will occur this quick," mentioned Gloria Grey, chairwoman of the Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors.  

The most recent government maps show nearly all the West is in drought, and 95% of California is struggling severe or excessive drought.

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

California is not alone as reservoirs throughout the West are draining.  

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

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

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

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