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

In an unprecedented move, Southern California officials declared a water scarcity emergency and asked roughly 6 million residents to limit all outdoor watering to just as soon as every week.  

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

The newest government maps show nearly all of the West is in drought, and 95% of California is struggling extreme or extreme drought.

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

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

Lake Mead, the biggest reservoir within the nation formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, wants a new pump to ensure water can circulation to Las Vegas. 

"The issue with local weather change is that it takes all the historical patterns and type 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 simply starting to see the dominoes fall. It is drier, we're starting to see less water in our reservoirs, and we've fires, and in California, there's just this collection of consequences that we anticipate," said Reager.