Days of heavy rains led to flooding up and down the eastern seaboard on Friday as communities from Pennsylvania to New York's Canadian border watched creeks and rivers rise and prepared for the worst. The drawn-out storm has left at least one person dead.The rain caused major flooding in parts of northern New Jersey on Friday and the water was not expected to recede in some areas for several days.In Woodland Park, New Jersey Mel Sivri spent Friday morning preparing for what havoc the Passaic River might cause.“I'm waiting to see, watching the river,” said Sivri, who was using a small industrial pump and long hose to clean about 4 inches of water from his garage floor.Sivri, who had hung his daughters' pink bicycles and other items from a series of hooks fastened to the garage ceiling, said he had been monitoring news reports and weather websites to decide when the family should go to a friend's house.“You cannot pump the river,” he said. “You just have to wait for it to go down.”Major flooding was expected along the Passaic, Pequannock, Ramapo and Pompton rivers in northern New Jersey.By Friday morning, the National Weather Service said there was already major flooding in Pompton Lakes, Pompton Plain and Lodi. Earlier in the week, heavy rains on already saturated ground brought some flooding to towns like Pompton Lakes.Flooding caused by several inches of rain was blamed for the death of a Pennsylvania man whose car was swept away by the rising waters.Schyulkill County Coroner Joseph Lipsett said 74-year-old David Sallada was killed Thursday night after he drove around barricades blocking a water-covered road. Sallada's car was swept into the Swatara Creek in Pine Grove, about 75 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Two state troopers pulled Sallada from the submerged vehicle, but he'd already died.Rainfall totals of 4 inches or more were reported in northeastern Pennsylvania.