NEW : Eight of the 15 deaths reported involved toppled trees or falling limbs . The fatalities include an 11-year-old boy in Virginia . -- When Hurricane Irene hit , 11-year-old Zahir Robinson and his mother took shelter on a bed in the upstairs bedroom of their apartment in Newport News , Virginia . -- A man was killed when a tree fell on his car near New York City, police said.
NEW : Eight of the 15 deaths reported involved toppled trees or falling limbs . The fatalities include an 11-year-old boy in Virginia . -- A man was killed when a tree fell on his car near New York City, police said.