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

In an unprecedented transfer, Southern California officials declared a water scarcity emergency and asked roughly 6 million residents to restrict all out of doors watering to simply as soon as a week.  

"We knew climate change would stress our water supplies and we have been getting ready for it but we didn't know it might occur this quick," stated Gloria Grey, chairwoman of the Metropolitan Water District Board of Administrators.  

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

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

California will not be alone as reservoirs across the West are draining.  

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

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

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

"We're simply beginning 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 collection of consequences that we anticipate," said Reager.