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

In an unprecedented transfer, Southern California officials declared a water shortage emergency and requested roughly 6 million residents to restrict all outside watering to just as soon as per 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 happen this fast," said Gloria Grey, chairwoman of the Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors.  

The most recent government maps show nearly the entire West is in drought, and 95% of California is suffering severe or excessive drought.

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

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

Lake Mead, the biggest reservoir in the nation fashioned by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, wants a brand new pump to ensure water can move to Las Vegas. 

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

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

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