New government maps present nearly the entire West is in drought and it is 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 limit all outside watering to only as soon as a week.  

"We knew local weather change would stress our water supplies and we have been preparing for it however we did not know it might happen this quick," stated Gloria Grey, chairwoman of the Metropolitan Water District Board of Administrators.  

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

"This is real. That is serious. This is unprecedented," stated Adel Hagekhalil, general manager for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.  

California will not be alone as reservoirs across 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 ensure water can circulation to Las Vegas. 

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

Reager mentioned the West is in a 22-year megadrought, as local weather change makes it hotter and drier. 

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