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ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Idalia touched down in Florida's Big Bend region on Wednesday morning as a powerful Category 3 hurricane -- the strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in the Apalachee Bay. Idalia has since weakened into a tropical storm and moved inland over Georgia and the Carolinas. Here's how the news is developing. All times Eastern: Aug 31, 12:47 PM EDT Charleston 'dodged the bullet': Mayor Charleston, which is vulnerable to flooding, recorded a storm surge of 3.47 feet -- its fifth highest on record. But Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg said the city "really dodged the bul...