'Lady Reportera' carried over Mexican floodwaters takes internet by storm

'Lady Reportera' is carried through floodwaters in Puebla, Mexico. Photo / Twitter / @BuzzfeedMexico

The antics of a reporter caught on film being carried by locals through a floodstricken town have quickly become a laughing stock on social media.

Lydia Cummings, 24, was in Puebla, central Mexico, late last month when she was photographed getting ferried over a flooded street by a man and a woman, The New York Post reported.

The reporter is seen holding a microphone and a pink cellphone as the townspeople carry her across muddy floodwaters.

How a Mexican reporter covering a flood in Puebla became a hilarious meme https://t.co/pXuwtVmLSU #LadyReportera pic.twitter.com/HSOZ7G1mLP

— Laura Martínez® (@miblogestublog) June 30, 2016

The pair have hoisted Cummings up by her legs to keep her high and dry as they wade through the murky water.

Known now as "#LadyReportera, Cummings has been photoshopped in various scenes.

Some show her being carried through a battle from the hit television show Game of Thrones, others portray her being lifted on the moon.

* Small step for man, giant leap for #LadyReportera * pic.twitter.com/CtZLi7WPGO

— Papá Olvidado (@PapaOlvidado) June 29, 2016

Reaction to the photo has largely criticised Cummings for being too concerned about her shoes during a natural disaster.

Cummings told local newspaper El Pais that she thought it would be rude to say no to the locals' offer to lend her a hand.

"[Social networks] can work in your favour or against you and [can] change from one to another in seconds. I must be more careful and be more aware of what is shared in my network," she told the paper.