New government maps show practically all the West is in drought and it isn’t even summer time yet: “That is unprecedented”

In an unprecedented transfer, Southern California officials declared a water scarcity emergency and requested roughly 6 million residents to limit all outdoor watering to just once 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 will occur this quick," said Gloria Gray, chairwoman of the Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors.  

The latest government maps present almost all of the West is in drought, and 95% of California is struggling extreme or extreme drought.

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

California isn't alone as reservoirs across the West are draining.  

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

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

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

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