The annual tide of injuries from New Year celebrations in the Philippines from fireworks and gunfire has left 354 people injured and more than a dozen requiring amputations.

Philippines health secretary Janette Garin said 14 amputations were performed this year, including a five-year-old boy who lost his hand.

Nevertheless, the toll dropped to the lowest in five years with 351 people hurt by fireworks and three hit by stray bullets in the last few days of 2014.

In 2013 celebrations, at least two people were killed and 793 others were left injured.

Authorities have repeatedly warned against the custom of welcoming the new year with indiscriminate fireworks and celebratory gunfire, which result in hundreds of injuries and fatalities every year.

Ms Garin said the health department's campaign against indiscriminate fireworks, and the passage of tropical storm Jiangmi which brought heavy rains to the central and southern islands, had brought down the injury toll.

Tropical storm Jiangmi exited the Philippines on Thursday, leaving at least 54 dead and 13 missing from floods and landslides.

It affected more than 120,000 people, more than 80,000 of whom were evacuated.

AFP