New government maps present almost all the West is in drought and it’s not even summer season but: “That is unprecedented”

In an unprecedented move, Southern California officers declared a water shortage emergency and asked roughly 6 million residents to restrict all outside watering to simply as soon as a week.  

"We knew climate change would stress our water provides and we have been getting ready for it however we did not know it would occur this quick," stated Gloria Grey, chairwoman of the Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors.  

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

"That is real. That is critical. This is unprecedented," said Adel Hagekhalil, basic manager for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.  

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

Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the nation fashioned by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, wants a new pump to make sure water can stream to Las Vegas. 

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

Reager said 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 is drier, we're starting to see less water in our reservoirs, and we've got fires, and in California, there's simply this series of consequences that we anticipate," said Reager.