New authorities maps show almost the entire West is in drought and it isn’t even summer but: “This is unprecedented”

In an unprecedented transfer, Southern California officers declared a water shortage emergency and asked roughly 6 million residents to limit all outside watering to simply once per week.  

"We knew local weather change would stress our water supplies and we have been making ready for it but we didn't know it could happen this quick," stated Gloria Gray, chairwoman of the Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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