By Antony Thrower People have been urged to prepare for potential flooding today as the flurry of two weather fronts are set to batter the country today- with a rare red flood warning issued. Storms Elin and Fergus are bringing heavy rain and winds to the country this weekend, with 45 flood warnings in place up and down the country with another 232 alerts. Among those is a red flood warning for Horwich, near Bolton, where residents have been told to ‘act now’ with flooding ‘expected’ around Pearl Brook, where water levels rose yesterday. The atrocious conditions caused travel nightmares for Br…